The reference to Georges Bernanos in Marilynne Robinson's Gilead

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And there was one amazing experience that inspired Gilead: I did once see the sun and the moon on opposite horizons.-Marilynne Robinson and Debra Bendis, interview, The Christian Century There was a book many people read at that time, The Diary of a Country Priest. It was by a French writer, Bernanos. […] I remember reading that book all night by the radio till every station went off, and still reading when the daylight came.