Diary of a Country Priest SS_Gift_Guide "Mariana" is a modern retelling

"Mariana" is a modern retelling of a famous seventeenth-century novel about a love affair between a nun and a swashbuckling

From the author of the “original and electric” Braised Pork (Time)

they come out and bite you on the arse

his relationships with his kids

Diary of a Country Priest SS_Gift_Guide "Mariana" is a modern retellingAwarded the Grand Prix for Literature by the Acadmie Franaise and adapted into a classic film by Robert Bresson, Diary of a Country Priest has long been recognized as a literary masterpiece. In this acclaimed new translation by Bernanos scholar Michael R. Tobin, the full, unabridged work is made available to English language readers for the first time. Set in rural France, the novel recounts the joys and travails of a young parish priest, tormented by