Under the Sun of Satan
| Author | Georges Bernanos |
|---|---|
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Plon |
| Publication place | France |
Under the Sun of Satan (French: Sous le soleil de Satan) is Georges Bernanos's first published novel, appearing in 1926 in Paris.
According to Michel Estève, the novel draws on three primary inspirations: the life of the curate Jean-Marie Vianney, which informs the character Donissan; the writers Léon Bloy and Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, from whom Bernanos takes the idea of a world deprived of God and the idea of a union of reality and the supernatural, respectively; and the social climate of France after World War I, which Bernanos vocally decried.[1]
It is listed #45 on Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century.
Adaptations
Television
- Sous le soleil de Satan, téléfilm by Pierre Cardinal (1971) with Maurice Garrel and Catherine Salviat
Cinema
- Sous le soleil de Satan, film de Maurice Pialat (1987) with Gérard Depardieu and Sandrine Bonnaire. The film won the Palme d'or at the Festival de Cannes 1987.
References
- ^ Bernanos, Œuvres romanesques, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, Gallimard 1961 p. 1758.
