L'Amante Anglaise
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1968. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Octavo : pp. [vi] 122 : brown cloth lettered in gilt on spine : unclipped jacket designed by George Mayhew. Closed vertical tear to top wrapper; tape repairs to verso of jacket at the top edge and head of spine; top edge toned and spotted. Very good / good. Item #16016
ISBN: 0241015510
Based on a real crime that took place in 1949 in France, a murder and disposal-by-train by Amélie Rabilioux. Duras found this event a rich source of inspiration, as she wrote a first play about it 1960 (Les Viaducs de la Seine-et-Oise), and then a novel L’Amante anglaise in 1967, and then a play version of the novel in 1968.
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