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Antwerpen Het Spectrum s.d.
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In one of Mauriac's lesser known novels, he introduces the reader to The Frontenacs, small landed gentry of the Bordeaux region on France. This story explores the special, even sacramental, character of the family bond.
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The moderately well-to-do Frontenac family run a timber business near Bordeaux. Widowed Blanche and her five children; and brother-in-law Xavier- who has a well-concealed life of his own, co-habiting with a worthy but lower-clas woman, whom he feels duty-bound to hide.
Mauriac creates a magical
The 'mystery' might be better rendered 'mystique' or 'character'.
A book I felt I should probably read a second time to really get the whole message.
Mauriac creates a magical
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sense of childhood in his beloved Landes. The impact of others on us; so that deaths which appear to have little effect at the time, may - months or years down the line- cause heart-rending memories to surface...The 'mystery' might be better rendered 'mystique' or 'character'.
A book I felt I should probably read a second time to really get the whole message.
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1933 (French)