Under the Sun of Satan
Author | Georges Bernanos |
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Country | France |
Genre | Novel |
Publisher | Plon |
Under the Sun of Satan (French: Sous le soleil de Satan) is Georges Bernanos's first published novel, appearing in 1926 in Paris.
According to Michel Estève, the novel draws on three primary inspirations: the life of the curate Jean-Marie Vianney, which informs the character Donissan; the writers Léon Bloy and Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, from whom Bernanos takes the idea of a world deprived of God and the idea of a union of reality and the supernatural, respectively; and the social climate of France after World War I, which Bernanos vocally decried.[1]
It is listed #45 on Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century.
Adaptations[]
Television[]
- Sous le soleil de Satan, téléfilm by Pierre Cardinal (1971) with Maurice Garrel and
Cinema[]
- Sous le soleil de Satan, film de Maurice Pialat (1987) with Gérard Depardieu and Sandrine Bonnaire. The film won the Palme d'or at the .
References[]
- ^ Bernanos, Œuvres romanesques, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, Gallimard 1961 p. 1758.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1926 French novels
- French-language novels
- French novels adapted into films
- Novels by Georges Bernanos
- 1926 debut novels