The governesses - Anne Serre
KORTE INHOUD
In a large country house shut off from the world by a gated garden, three young governesses responsible for the education of a group of little boys are preparing a party. The governesses, however, seem to spend more time running around in a state of frenzied desire than attending to the children's education. One of their main activities is lying in wait for any passing stranger, and then throwing themselves on him like drunken Maenads. The rest of the time they drift about in a kind of sated, melancholy calm, spied upon by an old man in the house opposite, who watches their goings-on through a telescope. As they hang paper lanterns and prepare for the ball in their own honor, and in honor of the little boys rolling hoops on the lawn, much is mysterious: one reviewer wrote of the book's "deceptively simple words and phrasing, the transparency of which works like a mirror reflecting back on the reader."Written with the elegance of old French fables, the dark sensuality of Djuna Barnes and the subtle comedy of R...
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2018Uitgever: New Directions Books108 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 081122807XISBN-13: 9780811228077Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Pocket in goede staat. Enkele kleine ezelsoren. Engelstalig.; 1992; 1e druk; New Directions Books; 108 pagina's; Titel: The Governesses; Ref: 220572 / H24P516B
