Le Nœud de vipères
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Le Nœud de vipères is a psychological novel by French writer François Mauriac that explores themes of family conflict, bitterness, and spiritual redemption through the confessional writings of an embittered old lawyer.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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psychological novel ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthorPrize | Nobel Prize in Literature of François Mauriac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | François Mauriac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralCharacterTrait |
misanthropy
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resentment ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| depicts | bourgeois family life in France ⓘ |
| exploresRelationship |
father and children
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husband and wife ⓘ individual and God ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
conversion
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faith ⓘ greed ⓘ hatred ⓘ marital conflict ⓘ the nature of evil ⓘ the search for God ⓘ |
| focusesOn | inner life of the protagonist ⓘ |
| genre |
Catholic novel
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family drama ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle | Vipers' Tangle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMoralFocus |
Christian forgiveness
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redemption through love ⓘ |
| hasSymbolism | vipers' knot as symbol of hatred and sin ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | French Catholic literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
classic of 20th-century French literature
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major work of François Mauriac ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
interior monologue
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psychological analysis ⓘ |
| mainCharacterRole | family patriarch ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
bitterness
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family conflict ⓘ spiritual redemption ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | confessional writing ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Le Nœud de vipères NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| periodOfPublication | interwar period ⓘ |
| protagonistAge | old man ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | lawyer ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1932 ⓘ |
| settingCountry | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | series of letters and reflections ⓘ |
| tone |
bitter
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introspective ⓘ meditative ⓘ |
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