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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsIn The Vice-Consul, Marguerite Duras crafts a haunting, atmospheric meditation on colonial malaise, displacement, and the crushing weight of suppressed...

Published for the first time in english, the World War II notebooks of one of the twentieth century's most renowned literary figures. For decades it has been known that Marguerite...

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A young woman named Izumi, details her turbulent twenties in thirteen disarmingly candid vignettes, set in the underground bar and club scene of 1970s Tokyo. Seamlessly delivering ennui alongside snark,...

A lighthearted look at how to bring more humor, happiness, and joie de vivre into our lives through French literature Like many people the world over, Viv Groskop wishes she...

Condition remarks:Book: AcceptableJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsFew voices from the turbulent heart of twentieth-century France carry the same haunting complexity as Pierre Drieu La...

A fascinating intellectual memoir telling the story of one of the world's most respected publishers and the tumultuous political times that shaped him. Beginning with his family's escape from the...

In her memoirs, Simone de Beavoir created a remarkable portrait of a twentieth-century woman's struggle for independence A superb autobiography by one of the great literary figures of the twentieth...

The landmark novel that inspired Verdi's opera La Traviata, in a sparkling new translation "One of the greatest love stories of all time," according to Henry James,and the inspiration for...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books In October Nights, Gerard de Nerval takes us on a gentle meander through nighttime Paris - a dreamlike journey towards getting...

In her magnificent novel, Marguerite Yourcenar recreates the life and death of one of the great rulers of the ancient world. The Emperor Hadrian, aware his demise is imminent, writes...

A new translation of Sade's most notorious, shocking and influential novel This horrible but hugely important text has influenced countless individuals throughout history- Flaubert and Baudelaire both read Sade; the...

The book titled Conversations: The Autobiography of Surrealism by the author Andre Breton. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Author: Dora RussellBinding: PaperbackPublished: Virago, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn this compelling autobiography, "The Tamarisk Tree: My Quest For Liberty And...

A major celebration of the French short story, spanning three centuries The short story has a rich tradition in French literature. This feast of an anthology celebrates its most famous...

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. In Memoires Interieurs, Nobel Prize-winning French author...

Author: Josyane SavigneauBinding: HardbackPublished: The University of Chicago Press, 1993Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis biography chronicles the extraordinary existence of the acclaimed French...