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Do You Hear Them?
Nathalie Sarraute
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Description for Do You Hear Them?
Paperback. Translator(s): Jolas, Maria. Num Pages: 147 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 166.
The setting of Nathalie Sarraute's Do You Hear Them? is a dinner conversation between a father and his old friend about a recently acquired pre-Columbian statue. As they discuss the merits of the piece and art in general, the father hears his children upstairs giggling. This childish mirth is barbaric and devastating to the father, for in their laughter he hears them mocking his "old-fashioned" viewpoint and the energy he wastes by collecting lifeless objects. In his mind, they have no respect for what has been of greatest importance in his life.
The setting of Nathalie Sarraute's Do You Hear Them? is a dinner conversation between a father and his old friend about a recently acquired pre-Columbian statue. As they discuss the merits of the piece and art in general, the father hears his children upstairs giggling. This childish mirth is barbaric and devastating to the father, for in their laughter he hears them mocking his "old-fashioned" viewpoint and the energy he wastes by collecting lifeless objects. In his mind, they have no respect for what has been of greatest importance in his life.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press United States
Number of pages
147
Condition
New
Number of Pages
147
Place of Publication
Normal, IL, United States
ISBN
9781564783295
SKU
V9781564783295
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99-15
About Nathalie Sarraute
Nathalie Sarraute (1900 99) was a French novelist, essayist, dramatist, and critic. Her works have been translated into more than thirty languages.
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