num_pages: 312
description: In this classic Catholic novel, Bernanos movingly recounts the life of a young French country priest who grows to understand his provincial parish while learning spiritual humility himself. Awarded the Grand Prix for Literature by the Academie Francaise, The Diary of a Country Priest was adapted into an acclaimed film by Robert Bresson. "A book of the utmost sensitiveness and compassion...it is a work of deep, subtle and singularly encompassing art." — New York Times Book Review (front page)
language: None
title: The Diary of a Country Priest
titlecomplete: The Diary of a Country Priest
characters: Priest of Ambricourt
genres: Religion, French Literature, Christian, Novels, Literature, Classics, Catholic, Fiction, Christianity, France
ratings_count: 3132
places: France
awards: awardedAt: -1072972800000
name: Grand Prix du Roman de l'Académie française
publisher: Macmillan