{"product_id":"therese-a-portrait-in-four-parts","title":"Thérèse: A Portrait in Four Parts","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy François Mauriac\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThérèse: A Portrait in Four Parts\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e presents in full the tragedy of Thérèse Desqueyroux. Acquitted of the attempted murder of her husband, Thérèse escapes one prison only to find herself enclosed in another: a wretched life of envy and frustration. Beginning with the eponymous novel, and moving quickly through the novellas \u003ci\u003eThérèse and the Doctor\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThérèse at the Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e to its harrowing terminus at \u003ci\u003eThe End of the Night\u003c\/i\u003e, François Mauriac completes his emblem of “that power, granted to all human beings…of saying ‘No’ to the law which beats them down.” Technically outstanding, the Thérèse stories employ early cinematographic devices to create their alternatingly restive and stifling atmosphere, adeptly presented in English here by Gerard Hopkins’ translation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eHer charm—so the world had said once—was irresistible.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003ePerhaps more so than any of Mauriac’s other characters, Thérèse Des­q­ueyroux embodies his artistic \u003ci\u003eraisonnement\u003c\/i\u003e: “My characters do not perhaps all believe that God is alive, but all of them have a conscience which knows that part of their being recognizes evil and could not commit it. They know evil. They all feel dimly that they are the creatures of their deeds and have echoes in other destinies.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrançois Mauriac \u003c\/b\u003e(1885–1970) was a French, Roman Catholic novelist, poet, critic, and journalist. Critically acclaimed and respected, Mauriac received the Grand Prix du roman de l’Académie française for his novel \u003ci\u003eThe Desert of Love\u003c\/i\u003e; was awarded the Grand Cross of the Légion d’honneur; and was named laureate of the 1952 Nobel Prize in Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \u0026amp; E-book:\u003c\/strong\u003e 324pp.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eE-book:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Immediately following purchase, an .epub file and a .mobi (Kindle) file are available for download.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685950316\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":42861789872222,"sku":"978-1685950316","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"E-book","offer_id":42861789904990,"sku":"978-1685950317","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0652\/2929\/1614\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--616.jpg?v=1780986920","url":"https:\/\/nez-emporium.com\/products\/therese-a-portrait-in-four-parts","provider":"Nez Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}