The Diary of a Country Priest

In this classic Catholic novel, Bernanos movingly recounts the life of a young French country priest who grows to understand his provincial parish while learning spiritual humility himself. Awarded the Grand Prix for Literature by the Academie Francaise, The Diary of a Country Priest was adapted into an acclaimed film by Robert Bresson. "A book of the utmost sensitiveness and compassion...it is a work of deep, subtle and singularly encompassing art." New York Times Book Review (front page)

Georges Bernanos, a winner of the Prix Femina, also wrote the novels Under Satan's Sun and The Open Mind, among many others.