Brotteaux : an unabashed scoffer in Anatole France’s Les Dieux ont soif.
... Art Comments on Some Passages of Prose Anatole France's Irony I so much enjoyed Anatole France's joke about God in the mouth of the arch-scoffer Brotteaux in his book Les dieux ont soif that I must ask you to read it. Ou Dieu veut empêcher le mal et ne le peut, ou il ne peut et ne le veut, ou il ne le peut ni ne le veut, ou il le veut et le peut ...
... So it is not a simple task to give a clear and full answer! Page 227 August 1, 1932 I so much enjoyed Anatole France's joke about God in the mouth of the arch-scoffer Brotteaux in his book Les Dieux ont soiff [The Gods Are Thirsty ] that I must ask you to read it. He addresses Father Longuemarre thus: "Ou Dieu veut empêcher le mal et ne le peut, ou il le peut ...
... Divine. Has he retained his sense of humour, we wonder. Let us see what the facts reveal. In August 1932 Dilip Kumar, a disciple of Sri Aurobindo, wrote in a cleverly worded letter to him: "Brotteaux, one of the unabashed scoffers in Anatole France's Les Dieux ont soif, throws this hearty fling at God in the face of Father Longuemare, the pious priest: 'Either God would prevent evil if ...
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