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Overview

Fear, a wistful comic novel, explores the coupling of art and commerce. It is the story of a writer, an Englishman named Fear, who lives in Paris, burdened by debt. When his bank manager, the beguiling Madame Jaffre, suggests that the path to his fiscal salvation -- and perhaps his spiritual renewal as well -- lies in writing something commercial, an erotic novel, he embarks on a novel within the novel, and much more. Praise for Simon Lane's Still Life With Books: "Often funny and always beautiful...Prismatic language that for all its obvious intelligence and wit never places the reader at a distance". -- Publishers Weekly (starred) "A quietly charming and cerebral amusement". -- Philadelphia Inquirer

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781882593224
  • ISBN-10: 1882593227
  • Publisher: Bridge Works Publishing Company
  • Publish Date: February 1998
  • Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.82 x 0.79 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.79 pounds
  • Page Count: 184

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