Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Sin of Abbé MouretCondition: NewEAN: 9780198736639ISBN: 9780198736639Publisher: Oxford University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 05/11/2017Item Height: 196mmItem Length: 128mmItem Width: 19mmAuthor: Emile ZolaTranslator: Valerie MinogueContributor: Valerie Minogue (Translated by)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0198736630Description: 'I really don't understand how people can blame a priest so much, when he strays from the path.'The Sin of Abbé Mouret tells the compelling story of the young priest Serge Mouret. Striving after spiritual purity and sanctity, he lives a life of constant prayer, but his neglect of all physical needs leads to serious illness, followed by amnesia. No longer knowing he is a priest, he falls in love with his nurse Albine. Together, like a latter-day Adam and Eve, they roam through an Eden-like garden called the 'Paradou', seeking a forbidden tree in whose shade they will make love. Zola memorably shows their gradual awakening to sexuality, and his poetic descriptions of the luxuriant and beautiful Paradou create a lyrical celebration of Nature. When Serge regains his memory and recalls his priestly vows, anguish inevitably follows.The whole story, with its numerous biblical parallels, becomes a poetic reworking of the Fall of Man and a questioning of the very meaning of innocence and sin. Zola explores the conflict between Church and Nature, the sterility of the Church and the fertility of Nature. This new translation includes a wide-ranging and helpful introduction and explanatory notes.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: FictionBook Series: Oxford World's ClassicsTopic: Classic FictionItem Weight: 246gRelease Year: 2017 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: The Sin of Abbé Mouret
Title: The Sin of Abbé Mouret
EAN: 9780198736639
ISBN: 9780198736639
Release Date: 05/11/2017
Release Year: 2017
Translator: Valerie Minogue
Contributor: Valerie Minogue (Translated by)
ISBN-10: 0198736630
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Book Title: Sin of Abbe Mouret
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Item Height: 0.8 in
Publication Year: 2017
Topic: General
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 8.7 Oz
Item Length: 7.7 in
Author: Emile Zola
Item Width: 5 in
Book Series: Oxford World's Classics Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
