{"product_id":"what-i-believe","title":"What I Believe","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy François Mauriac\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat I Believe \u003c\/b\u003eis a fervent act of self-examination. One of the twentieth century’s pre-eminent literary figures. François Mauriac conducts a spiritual survey that is at once both deeply personal and inescapably universal. Perhaps more so than any of Mauriac’s other works, \u003ci\u003eWhat I Believe \u003c\/i\u003eoffers common ground for Christians and nonbelievers alike, as his revelation of belief and doubt stands as an invitation to approach the Christian mystery with an open mind. Of particular interest, from a literary standpoint, is the chapter on “the demands of purity,” which sheds light on much of its author’s acclaimed and complicated fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFirst published in English in 1963, \u003ci\u003eWhat I Believe\u003c\/i\u003e is an engrossing introspection that, in the words of Wallace Fowlie’s Introduction, “does honor first to Mauriac himself, in the vibrant insistency with which he speaks, and it does honor also to those for whom the book was written.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat I believe is not necessarily what brings me consolation. What I believe, and what I know, arise from an incomprehensible mystery. We share in the same Christ, in the same breaking of Living Bread. \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eFrançois Mauriac)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrançois Mauriac \u003c\/b\u003e(1885–1970) was a French 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 was named laureate of the 1952 Nobel Prize in Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1950970933\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68197678776505,"sku":"978-1950970933","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/9177\/3369\/files\/ProductImages_363.jpg?v=1794089260","url":"https:\/\/catholicshop.com\/products\/what-i-believe","provider":"CatholicShop.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}