Quartet
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Engelsk
Set against a background of winter-wet streets, Pernod in smoky cafes and cheap hotel rooms, Marya tries to make something substantial of her life in order to withstand the unreality of her surroundin...
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Forlagsbeskrivelse af Quartet af Jean Rhys
Set against a background of winter-wet streets, Pernod in smoky cafes and cheap hotel rooms, Marya tries to make something substantial of her life in order to withstand the unreality of her surroundings. Alone, her Polish husband in prison, she is taken up by an English couple who slowly overwhelm her with their passions. Jean Rhys''s first novel, a heartbreaking and disturbingly intimate portrayal of an isolated woman in ParisSet in a superficially romantic, between-wars Paris, Quartet is a poignant tale of a lonely woman. Set against a background of winter-wet streets, Pernod in smoky cafes and cheap hotel rooms with mauve- flowered wallpaper, Marya tries to make something substantial of her life in order to withstand the unreality of her surroundings. Alone, her Polish husband in prison, she is taken up by an English couple who slowly overwhelm her with their passions.
Detaljer
Forlag
Penguin Classics
ISBN
9780141183923
Sprog
Engelsk
Sider
176
Udgivelsesdato
03-08-2000
Format
Paperback
Varenr.
3335396
EAN nr.
9780141183923
Varegruppe
Fiction paperback
Højde/Dybde (mm)
129
Bredde (mm)
198
Længde (mm)
10
Vægt (g)
140