Tess of the d'Urbervilles German "Violette Leduc was Simone de

"Violette Leduc was Simone de Beauvoir's protege

a haunting archive of personal loss

Publisher Description: A daring and timely feminist retelling of The Iliad from the perspective of the women of Troy who endured it--an extraordinary follow up to The Silence of the Girls from the Booker Prize-winning author of The Regeneration Trilogy and "one of contemporary literature's most thoughtful and compelling writers" (The Washington Post)

Provocative and profound

Tess of the d'Urbervilles German "Violette Leduc was Simone deTitle: Tess of the d'Urbervilles Author: Tim Hardy, Thomas; Higonnet, Margaret Randolph; Dolin, Tim; Dolin ISBN: 9780141439594 Publisher: Penguin Classics Published: 2003 Binding: Paperback Language: English Edition: 1 Number of Pages: 592 Condition Note: New from the publisher Publisher Description: A heartbreaking portrayal of a woman faced by an impossible choice in the pursuit of happiness When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim