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The Diary of a Country Priest

By: Georges Bernanos
Narrated by: Kris Dyer
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A beautiful spiritual masterpiece that shines a light on the true meaning of the divine in an uncontrollable world.

A young, shy, sickly priest is assigned to his first parish, a sleepy village in Northern France. Though his faith is devout, he finds nothing but indifference and mockery. The children laugh at his teachings, his parishioners are consumed by boredom, rumours are spread about him and he is tormented by stomach pains. Even his attempts to clarify his thoughts in a diary fail to deliver him from worldly concerns. Yet somehow, despite his suffering, he tries to find love for his fellow humans and even a state of grace.

The novel was awarded the Grand Prix for Literature by the Academie Francaise and was adapted into an acclaimed film by Robert Bresson in 1951.

Public Domain (P)2021 SNR Audio Classics
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A real classic and a must read. I have read it several times and this performance is also great.

Masterpiece!

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What a winy durge of a book. I imagine even God cringes when someone presses play to listen to it again, just as the supermarket worker shudders when some one wittily presses playn on the annoying musical christmas decoration for the millionth time.

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