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CALVARY A NOVEL
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CALVARY A NOVEL

BookPaperback
Ranking44267inBelletristik
CHF38.90

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"Calvary" is an effective novel written by way of French Writer Octave Mirbeau. The narrative is a scathing critique of the hypocrisy and ethical corruption that permeate society, especially focusing on the Catholic Church and the French bourgeoisie. The tale unfolds via the eyes of the protagonist, Father Serge Mouret, a young priest whose idealism clashes with the oppressive forces within the church. Set in the provincial metropolis of Artaud, "Calvary" follows Father Mouret's religious adventure as he grapples with the enticements and sins that surround him. The novel explores themes of spiritual fervor, sexual repression, and the darkish underbelly of institutionalized religion. Father Mouret's inner struggles and the hypocrisy of those around him serve as a lens via which Mirbeau exposes the ethical decay within both the clergy and society at huge. Mirbeau employs brilliant and regularly surprising imagery to depict the corruption and decadence that exist under the veneer of spiritual sanctity. "Calvary" stands as a critique of the oppressive nature of non-secular establishments and societal norms, supplying a provocative and unsettling portrayal of the human circumstance. Mirbeau's paintings is a seminal piece of French literature that demanding situations conventional morality and exposes the contradictions inherent inside the pursuit of virtue.
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ISBN/GTIN978-93-6046-059-4
Product TypeBook
BindingPaperback
PublisherDouble9 Books
Publishing date01/01/2024
Pages184 pages
LanguageEnglish
SizeWidth 140 mm, Height 216 mm, Thickness 11 mm
Weight240 g
Article no.51174765
CatalogsBuchzentrum
Data source no.46013928
Product groupBelletristik
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Author

Octave Mirbeau was a French author, art critic, travel writer, pamphleteer, journalist, and playwright who lived from February 16, 1848, to February 16, 1917. He was famous in Europe and had a lot of success with the public. His highly controversial novels about violence, abuse, and psychological detachment were also popular with the literary and artistic avant-garde. Thirty languages have made copies of his work. Mirbeau grew up in the town of Rémalard in Normandy. His grandparents were notaries, and his father was a doctor. He went to a Jesuit college in Vannes for high school, but was kicked out when he was fifteen. Two years after the terrible war of 1870, he was tempted by a call from Dugué de la Fauconnerie, the head of the Bonapartists. He hired him as a private secretary and put him in touch with L'Ordre de Paris. When Mirbeau started writing, it was under his own name. Before that, he worked as a ghostwriter for the Bonapartists and as a journalist for them. For the next few years, he wrote to share his moral and artistic beliefs.