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"Strout's iconic heroine Lucy Barton recounts her complex, tender relationship with William, her first husband -- and longtime, on-again-off-again friend and confidante."--
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Contemporary, spare, classical in form and earnest.
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
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About the book
- First published
- 2021
- Pages
- 256
- Publisher
- 1984, Luchterhand Literaturverlag, Edicions de 1984
- Editions
- 12
- Language
- Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9780593416112
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