Author: Marguerite Duras; Peter DuBerg [translator]; Barbara Bray [translator]
Title: The Little Horses of Tarquinia & L&Apos;Amante Anglaise
Description: London, John Calder, 1960-1968. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first translated edition volumes from French novelist Marguerite Duras. Two volumes. First translated editions. Written by Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu, known as Marguerite Duras, a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. This set contains: The Little Horses of Tarquinia, 1960. Five Parisians spend an interminable three days of their vacations at a dreary Italian beach resort. There is nothing to do but talk, drink, and contemplate a love affair or two. Translated by Peter DuBerg, a British translator. L'Amante Anglaise, 1968. A novel composed entirely of dialogues between an interrogator who remains anonymous, and three people linked to a crime committed in the fictional town of Viorne. Translated by Barbara Bray, an English translator and critic. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrappers are very smart with light wear and the odd small closed tear to the panel edges. Light sunning to the spines with the odd small mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Very Good.

Keywords: Little Horses Tarquinia Amante Horses Duras None


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