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Description edit
Now available for the first time in paperback, Quartet "belongs to the new tradition in prose, which shuns elaboration for sharpness and intensity of effect" (New York Times). A woman, caught in the stranglehold between her lover and his wife, faces a further dilemma when her own husband is... read more
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First Sentence edit
IT WAS ABOUT half-past five on an October afternoon when Mayra Zelli came out of the Cafe Lavenue, which is a dignified and comparatively expensive establishment on the Boulevard du Montparnasse.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 679 of 1272 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)
Preceded by Childermass, and followed by Decline and Fall.
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: NY Harper & Row
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1971
ISBN: 0060135379
Page Count: 186
Publisher: NY Harper & Row
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1971
ISBN: 0060135379
Page Count: 186
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823.912
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