Bibliograph

Women, a novel, Mihail Sebastian ; translated from the Romanian by Philip Ó Ceallaigh

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Women, a novel, Mihail Sebastian ; translated from the Romanian by Philip Ó Ceallaigh

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Women

Oclc number

1040171533

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Mihail Sebastian ; translated from the Romanian by Philip Ó Ceallaigh

Sub title

a novel

Summary

"A rediscovered classic from the author of For Two Thousand Years, this remarkable debut novel presents nuanced snapshots of love in the early twentieth century. Stefan Valeriu, a young man from Romania who has just completed his medical studies in Paris, spends his vacation in the Alps, where he quickly becomes entangled with three different women. We follow Stefan after his return to Paris as he reflects on the women in his life, at times playing the lover, and at others observing shrewdly from the periphery. Women's four interlinked stories offer moving portraits of romantic relationships in all their complexity, from unrequited loves and passionate affairs to tepid marriages of convenience. In the same strikingly eloquent style that would characterize his later, more political writings, Mihail Sebastian explores profound feelings of longing, otherness, empathy, and regret"--, Provided by publisher

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