The widow couderc
Simenon, Georges, 1903-19892023
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A stunning existential novel from Georges Simenon, the master of slow-burn mystery. A bus stops on the road to Montluçon, and there two strangers meet- Tati, a steely widow, who runs the farm her late husband left behind, and Jean, an odd, quiet man with nowhere to go. There is between them an affinity and Jean agrees to lodge with Tati, and help with the farm as he can. In the still and heat of the summer, they labour together and, inevitably, begin their affair. But nothing is at it seems, and as affections strain and stray, their relationship hurtles toward a disturbing doom ... First published in 1942 at the same time as Albert Camus' The Outsider, this is Simenon's existentialist masterpiece - a powerful exploration of desire and death, of the barbarous edge that encircles the human soul.
Main title:
The widow couderc / Georges Simenon ; translated by Siân Reynolds.
Author:
Simenon, Georges, 1903-1989, authorReynolds, Sian, translator
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Imprint:
London : Penguin Books, 2023.©2023
Collation:
177 pages ; 19 cm.
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Notes:
Translated from the French.
ISBN:
9780241534731 (hbk)9780241534731 (hardback)
Dewey class:
843.912
Language:
EnglishFrench
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BRN:
770368
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kathleen Syme Carlton | Fiction | SIME | Available |
| Southbank Library | Fiction | SIME | Available |