The Impostor (novel)

The Impostor (French: L'Imposture) is a 1927 novel by the French writer Georges Bernanos. It tells the story of a priest who loses his faith and sets out to rediscover his soul together with an elderly cleric.

Reception

Publishers Weekly wrote in 1999: "Austere, intellectually challenging and, occasionally, achingly poignant in the tradition of French-Catholic mysticism, the novel achieves a certain quiet spiritual triumph, a faith-at-low-ebb form made popular in the English-speaking world by The Power and the Glory."[1] Kirkus Reviews called the book "An often maddeningly discursive work that, nevertheless, accumulates great power in a devastating portrayal of a tormented soul that itself becomes a tormentor."[2]

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References
  1. "Fiction Book Review: The Imposter by Georges Bernanos". Publishers Weekly. 1999-03-05. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
  2. "The Impostor by Georges Bernanos". Kirkus Reviews. 1999-03-01. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
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