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Incidents in the Rue Laugier
by Anita Brookner
ISBN: 0679765123
ISBN-13: 9780679765127
Format: Paperback
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Summary
Like many of Brookner's heroines, Maud feels compelled to escape the bourgeois world of her upbringing. Seduced, made pregnant, and abandoned by a visiting English cad, she agrees to marry the noble Edward, who feels he must rescue her from her plight, but their relationship, based on this shaky connection, becomes a mockery.
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"Brookner's newest heroine is undone by passion instead of the withering passivity that the author usually chronicles in such unfailingly revelatory detail...As bleak and implacable as any dour morality tale, though the insights are stunningly acute. Classic Brookner with a twist."
-- Kirkus
"Readers of previous novels by Brookner will find themselves on the familiar yet unsettling ground for characters so immersed in good behavior that they negate their lives. Maud Gonthier and Edward Harrison, the central figures of this book, are not so much self-sacrificing as self-erasing...'Incidents in the Rue Laugier' should be dispiriting; it's almost a cautionary tale about the dangers of repression, politeness and submission to conformity. Yet it's Brookner's gift to bring the muffled lives of Maud and Edward back from the twilight. Her prose is invigorating even when her subject is acedia." -- Kate Regan
-- San Francisco Chronicle
"...an intensely imagined reconstruction of a classic love triangle...Ms. Brookner presents this simple story in all of its genuine complexity, deftly dissecting the components...with scrupulous attention, keen irony and a profound appreciation of the endless ambivalences that beset human relationships." -- Merle Rubin
-- Wall Street Journal
"...it might be said that Brookner has spent her career exploring the manifold ways in which unhappiness manifests itself, that she is a chronicler of quiet grief. In none of her books has she carried this exploration deeper or to more rewarding artistic effect than in 'Incidents in the Rue Laugier'...She is a writer of great but subtle wit, with a keen eye for irony and hypocrisy and pretense. She has an understanding heart but an exacting mind, and she lets no one off lightly...To my mind it is the best book she has written, and that, to my mind, is saying something." -- Jonathan Yardley
-- Washington Post Book World
"Ms. Brookner offers us a fastidious and thorough exploration of Maud's inner world in prose that is exquisitely considered. No nuance of feeling escapes her... The scene in which Maud tells her mother of her impending marriage is a classic of high comedy and pathos...For its first two-thirds, this sharp, sad book seems one of Ms. Brookner's best. But when the unsatisfactory marriage is described, there is inevitably a loss of power...the narrative sinks into a chaise lounge and expires." -- Hilary Mantel
-- New York Times Book Review
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published date: 1997
Size: 5.75 x 8 inches
Weight: 0.6 pounds
Publisher's Notes
Maud Gonthier yearns for an escape from the cocoon of the bourgeois modesty. The splendid, caddish David Tyler appears to offer one. In this stylish, deeply knowing novel by the author of Hotel du Lac, Maud's seduction creates a chemistry of longing, sensuality, and betrayal--with a surprising climax. 240 pp.
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Vintage. Trade PaperBack. 0679765123 A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. 1997 Vintage Trade PaperBack . Very Good. 1997. ( more information) Offered by Seashellbooks.com, Inc. (United States)
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Vintage. Trade PaperBack. 0679765123 A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. 1997 Vintage Trade PaperBack . Very Good. 1997. ( more information) Offered by Seashellbooks.com, Inc. (United States)
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An ex-library copy. Used. Pages are worn. Cover has a few creases. Edges and corners are slightly worn. Binding is solid and tight. ( more information) Offered by Once Sold Tales (United States)
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Vintage, 1997-01-14. Paperback. Very Good. pgs clean & tight, scuff to coverDelivery Confirmation on Media Mail orders, First Class shipping if available for faster service. Shipped in bubble mailers. ( more information) Offered by Browse4books (United States)
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[ Edition: Reprint ]. Excellent Condition. Publisher: Vintage Pub Date: 1/14/1997 Binding: Paperback Pages: 240 [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Torn pages: NO ] [ Broken Seams: NO ] ( more information) Offered by BookHolders (United States)
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Vintage Books USA, 1997. Trade paperback. New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 240 p. ( more information) Offered by jerebooks (United States)
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Vintage, 1997. Very Good+ . ( more information) Offered by Julian Brogi, Bookseller (United States)
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Vintage Books, 1996. Trade Paperback. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Text is complete and book appears fine at a glance--but spine is cracked and front cover is dinged. Pencilled notes on title page. Good reading copy.. FRANCE FICTION MAN WOMAN RELATIONSHIPS GENERAL 0679765123 FICTION, NOVELS AND PLAYS. ( more information) Offered by Georgia Bookscout (United States)
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Vintage Books, 1997. Wrappers slightly spotted on backside, minor shelfwear, no spine crease. A very presentable tight copy. 233pp.. First Paperback Edition. Pictorial Wrapper. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Book-bye-Book (United States)
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Vintage. PAPERBACK. 0679765123 tight book, nice text, some wear to cover, sticker on spine . Fine. ( more information) Offered by CarpePMbooks, LLC (United States)
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Knopf Publishing Group, The, 1997, 1997. Soft Cover. Fair. Ex-library.. Soft Cover. Fair. ( more information) Offered by Kelly Boggs, Bookseller (United States)
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Vintage Books. Near Fine. 1997. Soft Cover. 8vo 0679765123 . ( more information) Offered by Glaeve Art & Books (United States)
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brookner, anita
Trade Paperback. Vintage Books 1995. All books in VG or better condition. ( more information) Offered by Sixth Chamber Used Books (United States)
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Vintage. Reprint. 1997. VG. Soft Cover. clean + tight; lt wear to wraps; ISBN:0679765123 . ( more information) Offered by The Old Library Bookshop (United States)
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Knopf Publishing Group, 1997. A little rubbed at extremities with small creases across front corners. Still clean within and straight and tight.. First Trade Paperback Printing. Trade Paperback. Fine/Pictorial Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Athena's Book Shop (United States)
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New York: Vintage Books. Very Good-: A few faint creases to spine. Binding tight. Light shelfwear . to covers.. 1997. Paperback: Trade PB. ( more information) Offered by All Booked Up (United States)
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Vintage, 1997. 1st Edition. Vintage Contemporaries. Trade Paperback. Most of our paperbacks are in good to good+ (some fine) condition. Some are in fair condition due to their age and the fact that they've been read so many times. If condition is an important issue with you, ask for a more complete description of the book. May have store address sticker and or price sticker on outside. Good means general reading wear. First Vintage Contemporaries Edition. Most of our paperbacks are in good to good+ (some fine) condition. Some are in fair condition due to their age and the fact that they've been read so many times. If condition is an important issue with you, ask for a more complete description of the book. May have store address sticker and or price sticker on outside. Good means general reading wear. First Vintage Contemporaries Edition. ( more information) Offered by Book Bin (United States)
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Vintage. PAPERBACK. 0679765123 New with very slight shelf wear from time on shelf (like you'd see at a major chain). We ship daily, provide personalized customer service and want you to have a great experience purchasing from us. Thank you for your consideration. . New. ( more information) Offered by BennettBooksLtd (United States)
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