Michel Bernanos (1923–1964)

Call it Casual Friday. I took a break from Balzac and Laura Warholic. Last week when I completed The Collaborators I began reading reviews of French authors mentioned in the novel. Georges Bernanos was one of the authors making an appearence. The local library didn't have any works by him, but it did have one by his son, Michel: The Other Side of the Mountain.

A quick glance at reviews told me to read no further or even browse the synopsis on the novel's cover, but to simply read it.

It is bleak and the symbolism existential. Everyone should read this and then go to sleep. Pleasant dreams.… (more)

Abstract, surreal, and a nightmare, but absolutely worth the read. There's a newer edition (2007) out with a different cover than the one published by Houghton Mifflin in 1968. It's already on GoodReads here: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2266967.The_Other_Side_of_the_Mountain You can read a good description and review of the book here: http://weirdfictionreview.com/2011/11/michel-bernanos-the-other-side-of-the-moun....… (more)