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The Widow Couderc Georges Simenon

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The Widow Couderc Zusammenfassung

The Widow Couderc Georges Simenon

'Sensuously detailed . . . edgy . . . riveting' Financial Times

Two strangers meet on a bus along a dusty road in rural France. Tati is a tough, work-worn widow, who runs the farm her late husband left behind, while trying to keep out of the way of her predatory in-laws. Jean is an odd, quiet man, recently out of prison, with nowhere to go.

These lost souls recognize something in each other, and Jean becomes Tati's lodger and farm worker. In the still and heat of the summer, they labour together and, inevitably, begin to sleep together. Soon, however, their strange affair will become something altogether darker.

First published in 1942 at the same time as Albert Camus' The Outsider, this is Simenon's existentialist masterpiece, exploring the dangerous mystery of who we are and what we desire.

'Published, like The Outsider, in 1942, and at least equal to Camus's work in portraying a doomed and alienated life' David Hare

The Widow Couderc Bewertungen

Sensuously detailed . . . edgy . . . this is incrementally more and more riveting, as the joyless sex between the two central characters leads to a grim conclusion . . . a nonpareil new translation -- Barry Forshaw * Financial Times *
When I discovered that the author of the Maigret series was also the author of stand-alone novels, my expectations of the genre changed and expanded. These books belonged more alongside Camus and Sartre than Arthur Conan Doyle. . . . Try The Widow, published, like The Outsider, in 1942, and at least equal to Camus's work in portraying a doomed and alienated life -- David Hare * Guardian *
Dark, disturbing . . . Simenon discovered something fundamental about the soul * Guardian *
Direct, spare, sensously atmospheric, hypnotic in its realism, and honest in a way that few novelists would dare to be -- John Banville
To me, Simenon is as good as Camus -- Hanif Kureishi * Guardian *
Irresistible . . . read him at your peril, avoid him at your loss * The Sunday Times *
Every year, Simenon would rage at the idiots of Stockholm who yet again had refused him the Nobel Prize in literature. I used to think this was crazy; now I think it quite sane. His romans durs are spare and harsh, with a deep understanding of human nature; this is one of his finest -- Julian Barnes * The Week *
The genius of Simenon, aided by a brilliant translation, compels the eye and captures the heart. -- Barry Turner * Daily Mail *
A welcome new translation of a key Simenon standalone. With its sensuously detailed rustic setting and edgy interactions between a widow managing her own farm and the dissolute, privileged ex-convict Jean, this is quietly hypnotic fare * Financial Times *

Über Georges Simenon

Georges Simenon (Author)
Georges Simenon was born in Liege, Belgium, in 1903. He is best known in Britain as the author of the Maigret novels and his prolific output of over 400 novels and short stories have made him a household name in continental Europe. He died in 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he had lived for the latter part of his life.

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GOR013209431
9780241534731
0241534739
The Widow Couderc Georges Simenon
Georges Simenon
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Penguin Books Ltd
2023-06-15
192
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