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Leeuwarden Bruna Pockethuis cop. 1963
ISBN
9044906208 / 9789044906202
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- Tu dors ? Sylvie ne r pondit pas, n'eut pas un fr missement. Elle respira seulement un peu fort, pour donner le change, mais il n'y avait pas beaucoup d'espoir que la Marie s'y laiss t prendre. - Je sais que tu ne dors pas. La voix de Marie tait calme, monotone, vaguement plaintive, comme la voix de certaines femmes qui ont eu des malheurs. - Tu le fais expr s de ne pas dormir, continuait-elle dans l'obscurit de la chambre.
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LibraryThing member earthwind
One of Simenon's riveting explorations of female psychology, a study in contrasts between two women who are mutually dependent from their school days. Marie is ugly, of somewhat retarded intelligence, but her fixation on her friend gives her an uncanny insight into the other's nature, intentions,
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motivations. Sylvie, cold, vicious, ruthless, is also beautiful and compellingly attractive to men. Her desire to hurt extends to her faithful slave., Marie; for a number of years they lose sight of each other; Syvie becoming the adored mistress of a rich and elderly man. How and why Marie re-enters Sylvie's life and achieves a dominating role in their relationship is described with surgical precision by one of the world's greatest realistic writers. From book dustjacket. Show Less
LibraryThing member MrsLee
Not a mystery. Not a suspense. What is it? I'm not sure, except maybe a study of two women who make the wrong choice at every turn and end up miserable. Most depressing book I have read in a long time. I gave it two stars because in my rating system, that is a book I didn't like at all, but it was
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not poorly written and there may be someone else out there who would like it. Show Less
Original publication date
1951 french (1978 English)