Publication
Gallimard folio (2000), 1109 pages
Original publication date
1968
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Set largely in Geneva in the mid-1930s, this is a sprawling, baroque novel and a brilliantly sustained commentary on middle-class manners. Its classic status has recently been confirmed by its inclusion in the prestigious Gallimard Pleiade.
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LibraryThing member Svada
What a relief when the main characters finally kill themselves!
LibraryThing member jwhenderson
A world of romantic love, perhaps obsession, that carries the reader forward through the machinations of the heart:
"And that was not all, for she had other weapons in her armoury which the poor devil knew only too well: reprisals for the morning after. These included headaches, sit-down strikes in
"And that was not all, for she had other weapons in her armoury which the poor devil knew only too well: reprisals for the morning after. These included headaches, sit-down strikes in
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her room, swollen eyes offered as evidence of tears shed in solitude, a whole battery of ailments, stubborn sulks, an embattled loss of appetite, fatigue, forgetfulness, dejected airs--the complete, fearsome panoply of the helpless but quite invincible female." Show Less
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Original language
French
ISBN
2070404021 / 9782070404025
Physical description
4 inches