by Francois Mauriac (Author), Gerard Hopkins (Author), Gerard Hopkins (Author), Francois Mauriac (Author)
From the moment she walks from court having been charged with attempting to poison her husband, to her banishment, escape to Paris, and final years of solitude and waiting, the life of Therese Desqueyroux is passionate and tortured. The victim of a hostile fate, Therese, as Mauriac said of her belongs to that class of human beings for whom night can end only when life itself ends. All that is asked of them is that they should not resign themselves to night s darkness. Therese s moving and powerful story affirms the vitality of the human spirit, making her an unforgettable heroine."
Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: New Impression
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 24 Apr 1975
ISBN 10: 0140013970
ISBN 13: 9780140013979
Book Overview: Author won Nobel Prize for Literature in 1952