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The Widow (New York Review Books Classics) by Simenon Intro by Paul Theroux
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- ISBN
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
New York Review of Books, Incorporated, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
1590172612
ISBN-13
9781590172612
eBay Product ID (ePID)
61633725
Product Key Features
Original Language
French
Book Title
Widow
Number of Pages
108 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Topic
Thrillers / Suspense, Romance / General, Mystery & Detective / General
Genre
Fiction
Format
Perfect
Dimensions
Item Height
0.4 in
Item Weight
7 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2007-047811
Reviews
"These books…are not mysteries…They are hard, blunt, frequently punishing studies of human beings driven by circumstance and personality to the ends of their tethers, forcing them to extreme measures…They are acute, compact, remarkably varied, and as lapidary as great pop songs." -Luc Sante,Bookforum "As the New York Review of Books Classics series publishes Simenon after Simenon at a rate the novelist would envy, it's tempting to read them all in a lump, as an extensive, though still partial, psychological portrait of the writer." -The Nation "Georges Simeon is not only a master of suspense, he knows also how to probe so deeply into the minds of his characters as to reveal with remarkable fidelity the more evasive of human motives." Cleveland Press "Marked by a brutal and earthy realism…Extremely readable." Eerie Times "Strong, terrible, splendid stuff her, by one of the world's strangest, most notable talents." Houston Chronicle "Simenon's novels of suspense…unfold with a relentlessness, a sense of compulsion, that is as chilling as the deeds to which his people are driven by the quirks of character within them…One of the greatest and most prolific of the modern French creators of fiction, the author is notable for the clean economy of his writing style." Philadelphia Inquirer "If I hadn't readTicket of Leave(The Widow), I couldn't have writtenThe Stranger." Albert Camus. "[A] psychological masterpiece" St. Petersburg Times "[Further] examples of M. Simenon's ability to grasp entirely dissimilar milieux and to demonstrate the universality of the tragedy to be founding both of them...There is a harsh, almost Biblical intensity to M. Simenon's catalogues of punishment: he is a believer in original sin." The New York Times, "These books...are not mysteries...They are hard, blunt, frequently punishing studies of human beings driven by circumstance and personality to the ends of their tethers, forcing them to extreme measures...They are acute, compact, remarkably varied, and as lapidary as great pop songs." --Luc Sante, "Bookforum" "As the New York Review of Books Classics series publishes Simenon after Simenon at a rate the novelist would envy, it's tempting to read them all in a lump, as an extensive, though still partial, psychological portrait of the writer." -"The Nation" "Georges Simeon is not only a master of suspense, he knows also how to probe so deeply into the minds of his characters as to reveal with remarkable fidelity the more evasive of human motives." -"Cleveland Press" """Marked by a brutal and earthy realism...Extremely readable." -"Eerie Times" "Strong, terrible, splendid stuff her, by one of the world's strangest, most notable talents." -"Houston Chronicle" "Simenon's novels of suspense...unfold with a relentlessness, a sense of compulsion, that is as chilling as the deeds to which his people are driven by the quirks of character within them...One of the greatest and most prolific of the modern French creators of fiction, the author is notable for the clean economy of his writing style." -"Philadelphia Inquirer" "If I hadn't read "Ticket of Leave" ("The Widow"), I couldn't have written "The Stranger,"" -Albert Camus. "[A] psychological masterpiece" -"St. Petersburg Times" "[Further] examples of M. Simenon's ability to grasp entirely dissimilar milieux and to demonstrate the universality of the tragedy to be founding both of them...There is a harsh, almostBiblical intensity to M. Simenon's catalogues of punishment: he is a believer in original sin." -"The New York Times", "These books...are not mysteries...They are hard, blunt, frequently punishing studies of human beings driven by circumstance and personality to the ends of their tethers, forcing them to extreme measures...They are acute, compact, remarkably varied, and as lapidary as great pop songs." --Luc Sante, Bookforum "As the New York Review of Books Classics series publishes Simenon after Simenon at a rate the novelist would envy, it's tempting to read them all in a lump, as an extensive, though still partial, psychological portrait of the writer." - The Nation "Georges Simeon is not only a master of suspense, he knows also how to probe so deeply into the minds of his characters as to reveal with remarkable fidelity the more evasive of human motives." - Cleveland Press " Marked by a brutal and earthy realism...Extremely readable." - Eerie Times "Strong, terrible, splendid stuff her, by one of the world's strangest, most notable talents." - Houston Chronicle "Simenon's novels of suspense...unfold with a relentlessness, a sense of compulsion, that is as chilling as the deeds to which his people are driven by the quirks of character within them...One of the greatest and most prolific of the modern French creators of fiction, the author is notable for the clean economy of his writing style." - Philadelphia Inquirer "If I hadn't read Ticket of Leave ( The Widow ), I couldn't have written The Stranger ." -Albert Camus. "[A] psychological masterpiece" - St. Petersburg Times "[Further] examples of M. Simenon's ability to grasp entirely dissimilar milieux and to demonstrate the universality of the tragedy to be founding both of them...There is a harsh, almost Biblical intensity to M. Simenon's catalogues of punishment: he is a believer in original sin." - The New York Times, "These books…are not mysteries…They are hard, blunt, frequently punishing studies of human beings driven by circumstance and personality to the ends of their tethers, forcing them to extreme measures…They are acute, compact, remarkably varied, and as lapidary as great pop songs." -Luc Sante, Bookforum "As the New York Review of Books Classics series publishes Simenon after Simenon at a rate the novelist would envy, it's tempting to read them all in a lump, as an extensive, though still partial, psychological portrait of the writer." - The Nation "Georges Simeon is not only a master of suspense, he knows also how to probe so deeply into the minds of his characters as to reveal with remarkable fidelity the more evasive of human motives." Cleveland Press " Marked by a brutal and earthy realism…Extremely readable." Eerie Times "Strong, terrible, splendid stuff her, by one of the world's strangest, most notable talents." Houston Chronicle "Simenon's novels of suspense…unfold with a relentlessness, a sense of compulsion, that is as chilling as the deeds to which his people are driven by the quirks of character within them…One of the greatest and most prolific of the modern French creators of fiction, the author is notable for the clean economy of his writing style." Philadelphia Inquirer "If I hadn't read Ticket of Leave ( The Widow ), I couldn't have written The Stranger ." Albert Camus. "[A] psychological masterpiece" St. Petersburg Times "[Further] examples of M. Simenon's ability to grasp entirely dissimilar milieux and to demonstrate the universality of the tragedy to be founding both of them...There is a harsh, almost Biblical intensity to M. Simenon's catalogues of punishment: he is a believer in original sin." The New York Times, " These books... are not mysteries... They are hard, blunt, frequently punishing studies of human beings driven by circumstance and personality to the ends of their tethers, forcing them to extreme measures... They are acute, compact, remarkably varied, and as lapidary as great pop songs." -- Luc Sante, "Bookforum" " As the New York Review of Books Classics series publishes Simenon after Simenon at a rate the novelist would envy, it's tempting to read them all in a lump, as an extensive, though still partial, psychological portrait of the writer." -"The Nation" " Georges Simeon is not only a master of suspense, he knows also how to probe so deeply into the minds of his characters as to reveal with remarkable fidelity the more evasive of human motives." - "Cleveland Press" "" "Marked by a brutal and earthy realism... Extremely readable." - "Eerie Times" " Strong, terrible, splendid stuff her, by one of the world' s strangest, most notable talents." - "Houston Chronicle" " Simenon' s novels of suspense... unfold with a relentlessness, a sense of compulsion, that is as chilling as the deeds to which his people are driven by the quirks of character within them... One of the greatest and most prolific of the modern French creators of fiction, the author is notable for the clean economy of his writing style." - "Philadelphia Inquirer" " If I hadn't read "Ticket of Leave" ("The Widow"), I couldn't have written "The Stranger,"" - Albert Camus. " [A] psychological masterpiece" - "St. Petersburg Times" " [Further] examples of M. Simenon' s ability to grasp entirely dissimilar milieux and to demonstrate the universality of the tragedy to be founding both of them...There is a harsh, almost Biblical intensity to M. Simenon' s catalogues of punishment: he is a believer in original sin." - "The New York Times", Novels of eye-opening, spine-tingling control and intensity. To spend a Christmas pleasurably sunk in the deepest shades of noir, look no further.
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Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
843/.912
Synopsis
"The Widow" is the story of two outcasts and their fatal encounter. One is the widow herself, Tati. Still young, she's never had an easy time of it, but she's not the kind to complain. Tati lives with her father-in-law on the family farm, putting up with his sexual attentions, working her fingers to the bone, improving the property and knowing all the time that her late husband's sister is scheming to kick her out and take the house back. The other is a killer. Just out of prison and in search of a new life, Jean meets up with Tati, who hires him as a handyman and then takes him to bed. Things are looking up, at least until Jean falls hard for the girl next door. "The Widow" was published in the same year as Camus' "The Stranger," and Andre Gide judged it the superior book. It is Georges Simenon's most powerful and disturbing exploration of the bond between death and desire., The Widow is the story of two outcasts and their fatal encounter. One is the widow herself, Tati. Still young, she's never had an easy time of it, but she's not the kind to complain. Tati lives with her father-in-law on the family farm, putting up with his sexual attentions, working her fingers to the bone, improving the property and knowing all the time that her late husband's sister is scheming to kick her out and take the house back. The other is a killer. Just out of prison and in search of a new life, Jean meets up with Tati, who hires him as a handyman and then takes him to bed. Things are looking up, at least until Jean falls hard for the girl next door. The Widow was published in the same year as Camus' The Stranger , and Andre Gide judged it the superior book. It is Georges Simenon's most powerful and disturbing exploration of the bond between death and desire., The Widow is Georges Simenon's most powerful and disturbing exploration of the bond between death and desire., The Widow is the story of two outcasts and their fatal encounter. One is the widow herself, Tati. Still young, she's never had an easy time of it, but she's not the kind to complain. Tati lives with her father-in-law on the family farm, putting up with his sexual attentions, working her fingers to the bone, improving the property and knowing all the time that her late husband's sister is scheming to kick her out and take the house back. The other is a killer. Just out of prison and in search of a new life, Jean meets up with Tati, who hires him as a handyman and then takes him to bed. Things are looking up, at least until Jean falls hard for the girl next door. The Widow was published in the same year as Camus' The Stranger , and Andr Gide judged it the superior book. It is Georges Simenon's most powerful and disturbing exploration of the bond between death and desire.
LC Classification Number
PQ2637.I53V4513 2008
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