Vipers' Tangle begins as a man's letter to his estranged wife, explaining his hatred for her and their children, and is transformed under Mauriac's masterful pen into a diary of spiritual and psychological battles against God, family, and self. With remarkable...
While compiling a journal to be read by his wife and family after his death, Louis, a wealthy French lawyer, uncovers the psychological contradictions that lie at the heart of vice and virtue.
"Mauriac’s best novel."—Catholic World "A lucid and penetrating study . . . Mauriac proves himself as good a storyteller as he is a psychologist."—The New York Times "A most admirable and exciting novel."—New StatesmanThe masterpiece of one of the twentieth century’s greatest...