Nearing death, Louis is a peasant who has risen in the world, becoming a wealthy landowner.

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In the end, Divine Grace breaks through to Louis and he is able to see that God’s Grace was there all the time if only he had let it in.

we find a bitter, yet honest portrayal of how he sees himself. Vipers’ Tangle * Hatred of his children * Desire for revenge * Love of money * Refusal to seek beyond those entangled vipers b.
― François Mauriac, quote from Viper's Tangle “I remained standing in the middle of the room, swaying on my feet as though I had received a blow.

He plans on disinheriting her and their two children, Hubert and Geneviève. Le Noeud de vipères (1932; Vipers’ Tangle) is often considered Mauriac’s masterpiece. The Knot of Vipers – Francois Mauriac Very kindly sent to me by Capuchin, I blew hot and cold on this book - until I started reading it from which point onwards I stayed hot (if that doesn’t sound wrong). Tangled Movie Review Summary.

Audiobook narrated by Geoffrey Howard. He is greedy, vindictive, proud. Vipers’ Tangle is Louis’ record of the social and psychological forces which have shaped his solitude. Of all the twisted, carping, crabby, insecure, neurotic old bastards created by a novelist, M. Louis takes the cake; what wife Isa needs is what we call in America a "Reno-vation."

In all of literature there can be few more appalling studies of a soul devoured by pride and avarice, corroded by hatred. The ring has a small chance to be infused. The novel I just finished, Viper’s Tangle (1932), is the story of a miserly old lawyer, Louis.

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Vipers’ Tangle begins as a man’s letter to his estranged wife, explaining his hatred for her and their children, and is transformed under Mauriac’s masterful pen into a diary of spiritual and psychological battles against God, family, and self.


In this remarkable novel, Mauriac brings his extraordinary talent for probing the inmost core of the human character to what is arguably the most exciting theme in the world: the battle for the human soul. She is not allowed to leave because Gothel tells her it is a dangerous world out there.

Louis, a wretchedly unhappy multimillionaire, all but personifies evil. François Mauriac: Le noeud de vipères (Vipers’ Tangle; later: The Knot of Vipers) The novel starts with Louis, a retired lawyer, writing a bitter letter to his wife, which he expects her to find after his death. ― François Mauriac, quote from Viper's Tangle “Even the genuinely good cannot, unaided, learn to love.