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Everyday Life
Lydie Salvayre
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Description for Everyday Life
Paperback. Translator(s): Kuntz, Jane. Series: French Literature Series. Num Pages: 119 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 202 x 10. Weight in Grams: 158.
The hiring of a new secretary shouldn't be a big deal--just a slight a change in the office environment. But for the protagonist of this novel, it is a declaration of war, a call to arms: "The new secretary has only been here two days," she says, "and I'm already talking about evil, a word I shouldn't even be using--arming myself for battle and choosing my weapons." Her quiet life of sacrifice and service has been rudely disrupted by the new hire, and she is not--despite the advice of her doctor, her neighbors, and her daughter--about to leave it at ... Read more
The hiring of a new secretary shouldn't be a big deal--just a slight a change in the office environment. But for the protagonist of this novel, it is a declaration of war, a call to arms: "The new secretary has only been here two days," she says, "and I'm already talking about evil, a word I shouldn't even be using--arming myself for battle and choosing my weapons." Her quiet life of sacrifice and service has been rudely disrupted by the new hire, and she is not--despite the advice of her doctor, her neighbors, and her daughter--about to leave it at ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Condition
New
Series
French Literature Series
Number of Pages
119
Place of Publication
Normal, IL, United States
ISBN
9781564783493
SKU
9781564783493
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Ref
99-2
About Lydie Salvayre
Lydie Salvayre, daughter of refugees from the Spanish Civil War, grew up in the south of France, where she received a degree in psychiatry. In her mid-forties she published her first novel, The Declaration. She has since published nine other books, including Everyday Life and The Power of Flies, and has received numerous awards, including the Prix Hermes and the ... Read more
Reviews for Everyday Life
"Salvayre's work applies a cheerful irony to very dark preoccupations: chiefly the connection between political repression and family horrors, and the male sickness of authoritarianism... Salvayre is a writer with a mission."
London Review of Books
London Review of Books