Project Gutenberg 2015-12-02 Public domain in the USA. 75 Mauriac, François 1885 1970 Mauriac, Francois De Mauriac, François La chair et le sang Produced by Madeleine Fournier. Images made available by the Internet Archive. "La chair et le sang" by François Mauriac is a novel written in the early 20th century. The book explores the emotional and psychological journey of its main character, Claude Favereau, who has just left the seminary and is grappling with his identity and the relationships in his life as he returns to his family home. The opening of the novel introduces Claude as he embarks on a slow train journey away from the seminary, filled with introspection and conflicting emotions. He reflects on his departure from the clergy, his relationships with his peers, especially the abbé Floirac, and the conflicting desires within himself. Upon arriving home, he encounters his family—particularly his father, Dominique, who struggles with the changes in their lives, and his mother Maria, who harbors her own concerns. As he navigates this return, he begins to interact with the new owners of the estate, the Dupont-Gunther family, hinting at future dynamics that will influence his journey of self-discovery amidst family expectations and societal pressures. The narrative rich in introspective detail sets the stage for a deeper exploration of human emotions, relationships, and existential questioning, promising a nuanced tale of love, faith, and identity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Friendship -- Fiction France -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction French fiction -- 20th century PQ Text FR Littérature Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 336002 336011 2024-09-21T08:09:54.950146 2023-09-22T05:34:01.102821 text/html text/html 335343 2015-12-02T09:40:14 text/html; charset=utf-8 215265 2015-12-02T09:40:14 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 219659 2024-09-21T08:09:59.296283 application/epub+zip 224784 2024-09-21T08:09:55.606183 application/epub+zip 202561 2024-09-21T08:09:55.280173 application/epub+zip 330798 2024-09-21T08:10:02.459126 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 310669 2024-09-21T08:09:58.997141 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 288704 2022-09-22T21:01:48.695165 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 320217 320147 2024-09-21T08:09:54.509174 2023-09-22T05:34:00.686806 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 320493 2015-12-02T09:40:10 text/plain; charset=utf-8 126676 2015-12-02T09:40:14 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 19122 2024-09-21T08:10:02.595107 application/rdf+xml 13337 2024-09-21T08:09:55.356150 image/jpeg 2191 2024-09-21T08:09:55.318149 image/jpeg 215938 2024-09-21T08:09:54.987135 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog