Do You Hear Them?
by Nathalie Sarraute
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0714540358
- ISBN 13
- 9780714540351
- Seller
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About This Item
Calder, London, presumed 1984 edition. Condition: Near fine, light edge and corner wear, price sticker on rear cover.
The setting of Nathalie Sarraute's Do You Hear Them? is a dinner conversation between a father and his old friend about a recently acquired pre-Columbian statue. As they discuss the merits of the piece and art in general, the father hears his children upstairs giggling. This childish mirth is barbaric and devastating to the father, for in their laughter he hears them mocking his "old-fashioned" viewpoint and the energy he wastes by collecting lifeless objects. In his mind, they have no respect for what has been of greatest importance in his life.
The setting of Nathalie Sarraute's Do You Hear Them? is a dinner conversation between a father and his old friend about a recently acquired pre-Columbian statue. As they discuss the merits of the piece and art in general, the father hears his children upstairs giggling. This childish mirth is barbaric and devastating to the father, for in their laughter he hears them mocking his "old-fashioned" viewpoint and the energy he wastes by collecting lifeless objects. In his mind, they have no respect for what has been of greatest importance in his life.
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- Shop-books.ca (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 202001087
- Title
- Do You Hear Them?
- Author
- Nathalie Sarraute
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0714540358
- ISBN 13
- 9780714540351
- Publisher
- Calder Publications Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- used books, discount books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature;
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