| Coup de Grace Contributor(s): Yourcenar, Marguerite (Author), Frick, Grace (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0374516316 ISBN-13: 9780374516314 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1981 Annotation: Set in the Baltic provinces in the aftermath of World War I, "Coup de Grace" tells the story of an intimacy that grows between three young people hemmed in by civil war: Erick, a Prussian fighting with the White Russians against the Bolsheviks; Conrad, his best friend from childhood; and Sophie, whose unrequited love for Conrad becomes an unbearable burden. |
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| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 4.5" W x 7.92" (0.43 lbs) 164 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Set in the Baltic provinces in the aftermath of World War I, Coup de Grace tells the story of an intimacy that grows between three young people hemmed in by civil war: Erick, a Prussian fighting with the White Russians against the Bolsheviks; Conrad, his best friend from childhood; and Sophie, whose unrequited love for Conrad becomes an unbearable burden. |
Contributor Bio(s): Yourcenar, Marguerite: - Marguerite Yourcenar (1903-87) wrote plays, stories, poems, and novels, including the notable Memoirs of Hadrian. She was the first woman to be elected to the Academie Francaise.Frick, Grace: - Grace Frick contributed to The Abyss from Farrar, Straus and Giroux. |