{"product_id":"the-river-of-fire","title":"The River of Fire","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003eBy François Mauriac\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“We do not know what we desire:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e we do not love those whom we think we love.” This musing from the lips of Mauriac’s protagonist in \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVipers’ Tangle\u003c\/i\u003e might well sum up the entirety of his fictional works, but particularly his 1922 novel \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe River of Fire\u003c\/i\u003e. Daniel Trasis finds sanctuary from his troublesome Parisian mistress at a hotel in the French countryside. There heencounters the seductively innocent Gisèle de Plailly and her forbidding companion, Lucile de Villeron. Amid his budding relationship with Gisèle, Daniel is afflicted with warring obsessions with purity and lust, frustrated all the while by memories of his promiscuous past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe River of Fire is within us. It was in Gisèle now, with the wounds of love’s caresses still a living memory, more burning hot than physical scars; a poisoned memory.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePlanting the seeds of characters and themes that will come to full flower in his later, and highly regarded, \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Desert of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, Mauriac crafts in \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe River of Fire\u003c\/i\u003e a suspenseful drama wherein the gloom of sin can yet be a “darkness in which the faithful can hear and see their Savior.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 164pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e978-1952826313\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53100031639919,"sku":"978-1952826313","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/5337\/6879\/files\/Products5x8_resize63.jpg?v=1781124641","url":"https:\/\/www.heavenlychristiangifts.com\/products\/the-river-of-fire","provider":"Heavenly Christian Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}