Das Lied von Bernadette - Softcover

Franz Werfel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3843014728 ISBN 13: 9783843014724

Publisher: Zenodot Verlagsgesellscha, 2016

Synopsis

The Song of Bernadette is considered one of the twentieth century's greatest novels of triumphant religious faith. How the book came to be written is itself an inspirational and even miraculous story. In 1940, famed Austrian author Franz Werfel and his wife were on a desperate flight from the Nazi invaders, whom Franz had publicly denounced. Repeatedly thwarted in their attempts to cross the French border, they found temporary refuge in Lourdes, home of the famous shrine where Bernadette received visions of the Virgin Mary and where millions come in faith to seek a miracle. Werfel became fascinated with Bernadette's story and began to visit the sacred grotto every day, swearing that, should he and his wife be granted escape from the Nazis, he would write the story of Bernadette for all the world. Franz's prayers were answered, and in America he wrote his masterpiece, The Song of Bernadette, a beautiful fusion of faith and craft.

Edition details

• Publisher: Zenodot Verlagsgesellscha
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: German
• ISBN 10: 3843014728
• ISBN 13: 9783843014724
• Binding: Paperback