Memoires Interieurs

by François Mauriac

Memoires Interieurs, by Mauriac, Francois; Tr. By Gerard Hopkins

Genres: Memoir

Paperback

First published January 1, 1961

About the author

François Charles Mauriac was a French writer and a member of the Académie française. He was awarded the 1952 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the deep spiritual insight and the artistic intensity with which he has in his novels penetrated the drama of human life." Mauriac is acknowledged to be one of the greatest Roman Catholic writers of the 20th century.

Reviews

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mauriac's Memoires Interieurs was really a pleasure to read. The book is not an autobiography, but a collection of reflections by the Academie francaise scholar on reading, learning, and writing.

Mauriac speaks from a different time, a time between the Romantic and existential movements. He is also devoutly Catholic. Keeping this in mind, one can relate to his strong opinions of his fellow writers: Baudelaire, Bernanos, Newman, Trotsky, and Pascal, among others.

Many of the writers Mauriac discusses are no longer in the mainstream today, and so it was rather interesting to follow's the author's lead and further research their lives and works.

I recommend this book to those interested in writing and literary criticism generally, and French literature particularly.

[ÔnÎÿ Fâÿ · Rating 4 out of 5]

كتاب رائع و مدهش .ما اجمل ان يحدثك كاتب نوبلي عن القراءات التي اثرت في حياته

[Gilles Russeil · Rating 4 out of 5]

L'auteur parle de ses lectures, de son parcours spirituel, de son milieu, de sa "campagne" adorée et peu de sa vie. Et car c'est un immense écrivain on se laisse totalement absorber. Grand