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The debut

Anita Brookner
1981192 pages
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Since childhood Ruth Weiss has been escaping from life into books, and from the hothouse attentions of her tyrannical and eccentric parents into the gentler warmth of lovers and friends. Now Dr. Weiss, at forty, a quiet scholar devoted to the study of Balzac, is convinced that her life has been ruined by literature, and that once again she must make a new start in life.

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5 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2018
    Simon & Schuster · 192 pages · 9781982107512
  • Paperback · English · 1990
    Vintage · 196 pages · 9780679727125
  • Other · English · 2018
    Debut
    Simon & Schuster · 9781982108182
  • Other · English · 1985
    Vintage Books · 192 pages · 9780394728568
  • Other · English · 1981
    Linden Press · 192 pages · 9780671426262
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