The Desert of Love (Le desert de l'amour) and The Enemy (Le mal) / translated by Gerard Hopkins

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Mauriac, Francois. The Desert of Love (Le desert de l'amour) and The Enemy (Le mal) / translated by Gerard Hopkins. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1949. First UK edition. The Collected English Edition of the Novels of Francois Mauriac. Hardback, Good, in clipped dustjacket, sunned, rubbed to corners, with moderate shelfwear, chip to top of spine and a small tear and scratch on the reverse. Grey cloth with authour's monogram in silver on front; silver lettering to spine. Fep has previous owner's signature and date. Title in red on title page. 279pp. Mild foxing to edges of page block; top edge is also dust-stained. Contents clean and bright. François Charles Mauriac (11 October 1885 1 September 1970) was a French novelist, dramatist, critic, poet, and journalist, a member of the Académie française (from 1933), and laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature (1952). He was awarded the Grand Cross of the Légion d'honneur in 1958. He was a lifelong Catholic. The Desert of Love was awarded the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française, 1926. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing. N° de ref. del artículo ABE-1660241372726

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