A Kiss For The Leper / Genetrix by François Mauriac
This paired volume presents two stark studies of desire, guilt, and spiritual suffocation in provincial society: in one, a sickly heir forced into a loveless marriage clings to a corrosive ideal of love while his repulsed bride seeks escape; in the other, a fanatically devout mother tyrannizes her son, smothering his affections and freedom. Together they expose how oppressive piety, class pride, and repressed longing warp lives and steer them toward inevitable tragedy.
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- A Kiss for the Leper
- A Kiss for the Leper and Genetrix
- Genitrix
- Génitrix
- Le Baiser au lépreux
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