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Landscape of Despair. Mauriac's style, as well as his faith, was shaped by the provincial Catholicism of Bordeaux, where he was born. He was bred in a particular kind of Catholicism: peculiarly French, narrowly provincial, at times almost suffocating. The influence of Jansenism, fiercely moralistic and unforgiving, was still strong. The youngest of five children, Mauriac grew up under the eye of a mother who was both domineering and dogmatically religious. He was so burdened by a sense of guilt that even his Bordeaux landscape wore the aspect of sin, as expressed in the outburst of a character...
...Hatcher James says: "If things get bad, the Communist organizers will be in the slum neighborhoods, promising the sky. We've got to improve conditions before that time comes." But South Viet Nam's cities are already developing many of the same fateful characteristics that have caused despair and urban terrorism in other parts of the world...
...Split Nair Dyke. Unfortunately, some Asian students are keenly aware of the family sacrifices made so that they can attend college in Australia; many also deeply fear the loss of face that accompanies failure. Their struggle with Strine can lead to despair and, in some cases, to severe family crisis...
...second volume in the series, Snow began to exhaust his taste for the tragic in facing up to the morbid life and violent death of Eliot's best friend. The next novel, rather significantly, was titled Time of Hope. Snow has tended to keep mad ness and despair at arm's length ever since...
...husband and child in a car crash. She has recovered and lives near Andreas with Eva and Elis Vergerus (Bibi Andersson and Erland Josephson). Eva has always felt rootless, meaningless, and useless, has remained childless. Her husband, on the other hand, represents a significant alternative to these varieties of despair by maintaining a brutal cynicism. The highly successful architect finds security in his belief in nothingness, considering it "hypocritical" to be moved by the sufferings of others. He spends his leisure time photographing people, pursuing a cool, Skinnerian interest in typing their external behavior...