SYNOPSIS: Extremely scarce in the U.S. In French, meaning "The Man with the Fabric Gloves." The character seems to be an enigmatic character with medical knowledge, maybe a royalist or an anti-royal, and all that mixed up with the love of a woman! The gloves mentioned are hemp gloves. "In the 19th century , a member of a ducal family commits a crime. He wanted to repent by imposing on himself a hard penance to gain his redemption by living the life of lumberjacks and rough men from Cotentin in the moors around La Haye-du-Puits and on the outskirts of the Sensurière marsh. Monsieur Louis" arrives like a mysterious man in this Cotentin, his hands gloved with heavy canvas which helps fishermen carry their heaviest loads. Some suspect him of being a leper because of the gloves he never takes off. Some move away from him. Many are afraid. He suggests that he no longer wants to see his hands, due to serious injuries.Living in a hut in the moors near the abbey of Blanchelande where the pious Madame de Tallard (her daughter) lives, the man in the canvas gloves gradually overcomes his torments, seeking to overcome his old obsession and finding the finish of appeasement in God and a fresh love." The "Academie Goncourt" is a large literary group in France which, each year awards a huge prize which was apparently awarded for this book.
Publisher: Gernard Grasset, Paris. Format: Hardback. No dust jacket. Frontispiece.
Condition: GOOD+. Tightly bound. It appears that possibly the volume was recovered / rebound at some point? Hard to tell, but extremely tight. No markings noted, one rear flyleaf has been cut away. Photos illustrate condition.
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