{"product_id":"9781590171516","title":"Mouchette","description":"By: Georges Bernanos     \u003chr\u003eOne of the great mavericks of French literature, Georges Bernanos combined raw realism with a spiritual focus of visionary intensity. Mouchette stands with his celebrated \u003ci\u003eDiary of a Country Priest\u003c\/i\u003e as the perfection of his singular art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Nothing but a little savage” is how the village school-teacher describes fourteen-year-old Mouchette, and that view is echoed by every right-thinking local citizen. Mouchette herself doesn’t bother to contradict it; ragged, foulmouthed, dirt-poor, a born liar and loser, she knows herself to be, in the words of the story, “alone, completely alone, against everyone.” Hers is a tale of “tragic solitude” in which despair and salvation appear to be inextricably intertwined. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBernanos uncompromising genius was a powerful inspiration to Flannery O’Connor, and \u003ci\u003eMouchette\u003c\/i\u003e was the source of a celebrated movie by Robert Bresson.","brand":"NYRB Classics","offers":[{"title":"US - Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":46761806364899,"sku":"DTRPRUS-9781590171516","price":115.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/9781590171516.jpg?v=1751659606","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/en-mo\/products\/9781590171516","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}