Francois Mauriac — Passage Du Malin: Piece En Trois Actes

Paris, La Table Ronde, 1948. First edition. Cloth. A smartly bound copy of this play in three acts from French writer Francois Mauriac, in the original French. A play in three acts first performed on December 12th 1947at the Theatre de la Madeleine in Paris. The critical reception of the play was unfortunately poor, leading the author to respond vigorously to the very negative criticism in a conference given in the Gaveau room in 1948. Written by Francois Charles Mauriac, a French novelist, dramatist, critic, poet, and journalist, and a member of the Academie Francaise. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1952. Bound by Bonniers. Bound in full cloth. Externally, very smart with minor rubbing to the extremities and the odd small mark to the cloth. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout with light age toning to the extremities. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .