I learned about this novel from a Catholic literature series that published “Catholic novels”. I am not Catholic, but I live in the world, and the world is deeply influenced by Catholicism. And I am not French either, but here we are. The author here also won the Nobel Prize, and I am interested in those writers as well. So the “Viper’s Tangle” of the title (sometimes translated as Knot of Vipers) both of which are great titles, refers to the twisted heart of the narrator […]
Even the genuinely good cannot, unaided, learn to love.
Viper's Tangle by Francois Mauriac
