Joy (Bernanos novel)

Joy
Author	Georges Bernanos
Original title	La Joie
Translator	Louise Varèse
Country	France
Language	French
Publisher	Plon
Publication date	1929
Published in English	1946
Pages	317

Joy (French: La Joie) is a 1929 novel by the French writer Georges Bernanos. The story is set among people with shattered dreams and follows a young woman who is defined by youthfulness and joy. The book was awarded the Prix Femina.^[1] It was published in English in 1946 in a translation by Louise Varèse.^[2]

Reception[edit]

Franz Carl Weiskopf wrote in The Saturday Review: "If you wish an exalted tale, brilliant dialogue, and fervent description of mystical ecstasies, then Joy is the right kind of book for you. If you don't, even a magnificent literary craftsmanship and an extraordinary power of language will not compensate you for the lack of contact with the author's emotions and thoughts."^[3]

References[edit]

^ "Tous les lauréats du Prix Femina". Prix-Litteraires.net (in French). Archived from the original on 2019-04-03. Retrieved 2015-10-03.
^ Joy. OCLC 45259117. Retrieved 2015-11-06 – via WorldCat.
^ Weiskopf, Franz Carl (1946-11-30). "An Exalted Tale". The Saturday Review. p. 38.

[1] "Tous les lauréats du Prix Femina". Prix-Litteraires.net (in French). Archived from the original on 2019-04-03. Retrieved 2015-10-03.

[2] Joy. OCLC 45259117. Retrieved 2015-11-06 – via WorldCat.

[3] Weiskopf, Franz Carl (1946-11-30). "An Exalted Tale". The Saturday Review. p. 38.

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v t e Georges Bernanos
Novels	Under the Sun of Satan (1926) The Impostor (1927) Joy (1929) The Crime (1935) The Diary of a Country Priest (1936) Mouchette (1937) Monsieur Ouine (1943) Night Is Darkest (1950)
Other works	Les grands cimetières sous la lune (1938)
Adaptations	Diary of a Country Priest (1951 film) Dialogues of the Carmelites (1957 opera) Dialogue with the Carmelites (1960 film) Mouchette (1967 film) Under the Sun of Satan (1987 film) Mouchette.org (1996 website) Dialogue of Shadows (2013 film)