{"product_id":"what-was-lost","title":"What Was Lost","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBy François Mauriac \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat Was Lost\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003c\/b\u003e first published in French in 1930, sets the stage for Mauriac’s masterful novel \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Angels\u003c\/i\u003e. Mauriac sketches the characters of Alain Forcas and his sister, Tota, against the backdrop of the disintegrating marriage of the duplicitous Hervé and the ailing Irène. Confronted with dysfunctional family dynamics, frustrated careers, and the persistent, anxious search for the presence of God in the modern world, the men and women in \u003ci\u003eWhat Was Lost\u003c\/i\u003e strive for meaning and happiness even as they vie against one another in selfishness and deceit. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eFraught with tension and melancholy, \u003ci\u003eWhat Was Lost \u003c\/i\u003emarks an early, excellent effort of the Nobel Prize-winning Mauriac to bring his artistic philosophy to life in fiction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrançois Mauriac\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e(1885–1970) was a French, Roman Catholic novelist, poet, critic, and journalist. Critically acclaimed and respected, Mauriac received the Grand Prix du roman de l’Académie française for his novel \u003ci\u003eThe Desert of Love\u003c\/i\u003e; was awarded the Grand Cross of the Légion d’honneur; and named laureate of the 1952 Nobel Prize in Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback: \u003c\/strong\u003e202pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN: \u003c\/strong\u003e978-1949899566\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53100025086319,"sku":"978-1949899566","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/5337\/6879\/files\/Product31.jpg?v=1781124452","url":"https:\/\/www.heavenlychristiangifts.com\/products\/what-was-lost","provider":"Heavenly Christian Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}