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Madame du Deffand and the Idiots

Paperback • 2018 • 1. edition

Madame du Deffand and the Idiots

By Javier Marías

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About the book

'She was bored and fought against her boredom, which only bored her still more.'Five sparkling, irreverent brief portraits of famous literary figures (including libertines, eccentrics and rogues) from Spain's greatest living writer.Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Cap...Show more

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ISBN

9780241339480

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Published year

2018

Language

Edition

1

Original title

Madame du Deffand and the Idiots

Format

Paperback

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