The liar's wife /

"The beloved author at her storytelling best: four wonderful novellas of Americans abroad and Europeans in America. In these absorbing and exquisitely made novellas of relationships at home and abroad, both historical and contemporary, we meet the ferocious Simone Weil during her final days as...

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Main Author: Gordon, Mary, 1949- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Pantheon Books, [2014]
Edition:First Edition.
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