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Moderato Cantabile

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Moderato Cantabile

Contributors:

By (Author) Marguerite Duras
Translated by Richard Seaver

ISBN:

9780714544557

Publisher:

Alma Books Ltd

Imprint:

Alma Books Ltd

Publication Date:

1st April 2018

UK Publication Date:

18th January 2018

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:

Fiction

Main Subject:
Other Subjects:

Fiction in translation

Dewey:

843.912

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

150

Dimensions:

Width 128mm, Height 198mm

Weight:

149g

Description

A distressed young man murders the woman he loves in a caf, watched by a large crowd. Fascinated by the crime she has witnessed, Anne Desbaresdes returns several times to the scene, forming a relationship with a man who also saw the murder, and drinking through the afternoon with him as he patiently answers her eager questions. Slowly, they find themselves being taken over by forces which threaten their own stability. Moderato Cantabile is a carefully woven tapestry of emotion, in which the characters inner lives are reflected by the storys spaces and landscapes.

Reviews

Durass sentences lodge themselves slowly in the readers mind until they detonate with all the force of fused feeling and thought. * The New York Times Book Review *

Author Bio

Prix Goncourt winner Marguerite Duras (191496) is one of the most influential figures in French postwar literature, with The Sea Wall, The Lover and Moderato Cantabile among her most famous novels.

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