Astragal

Name: Astragal
Price: 13.89 USD
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ISBN: 9780811220736

ISBN-10: 0811220737

ISBN-13: 9780811220736

Edition: N/A

Authors: Albertine Sarrazin, Patsy Southgate, Patti Smith

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As if the reader were riding shotgun, this intensely vivid novel captures a life on the lam. “L’astragale” is the French word for the ankle bone Albertine Sarrazin’s heroine Anne breaks as she leaps from her jail cell to freedom. As she drags herself down the road, away from the prison walls, she is rescued by Julien, himself a small-time criminal, who keeps her hidden. They fall in love. Fear of capture, memories of her prison cell, claustrophobia in her hideaways: every detail is fiercely felt.Astragal burst onto the French literary scene in 1965; its fiery and vivacious style was entirely new, and Sarrazin became a celebrity overnight. But as fate would have it, Sarrazin herself kept…

Book details

List price: $15.95
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Publication date: 4/26/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 186
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English