| Fraud Contributor(s): Brookner, Anita (Author) |
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ISBN: 0679743081 ISBN-13: 9780679743088 Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $15.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1994 Annotation: At the heart of Anita Brookner's new novel lies a double mystery: What has happened to Anna Durrant, a solitary woman of a certain age who has disappeared from her London flat? And why has it taken four months for anyone to notice? As Brookner reconstructs Anna's life and character through the eyes of her acquaintances, she gives us a witty yet ultimately devastating study of self-annihilating virtue while exposing the social, fiscal, and moral frauds that are the underpinnings of terrifying rectitude. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 93006283 |
| Series: Vintage Contemporaries |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.1" W x 8.12" (0.49 lbs) 268 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: At the heart of Anita Brookner's new novel lies a double mystery: What has happened to Anna Durrant, a solitary woman of a certain age who has disappeared from her London flat? And why has it taken four months for anyone to notice? As Brookner reconstructs Anna's life and character through the eyes of her acquaintances, she gives us a witty yet ultimately devastating study of self-annihilating virtue while exposing the social, fiscal, and moral frauds that are the underpinnings of terrifying rectitude. |