In the seemingly prosperous family of a wealthy Land landowner and timber merchant, relations between people are poisoned by the poison of intrigue, mistrust, dislike, and a crime in which all family members are indirectly involved, like an abscess breaking out. The action takes place in Mauriac's favorite scenery - the French lands, where he was born and raised. The novel is published in Russian for the first time.

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The action of the novel “Black Angels” by a classic of French literature, Nobel Prize winner François Mauriac (1885–1970) takes place in the author’s native lands—the Bordeaux lands. Against the backdrop of an ascetic landscape, well known to Mauriac’s readers, a family drama is played out...The novel is being published in Russian for the first time.