The Little Horses of Tarquinia

New York, NY: Riverrun Press. Very Good-. 1985. Reissue edition; 2nd Printing Thus. Paperback. DF; Very Good- in Wraps: shows moderate wear to the extremities; considerable rubbing to the wrapper covers with a bit of consequent soiling to the white background field of the rear panel; faint spots of stain to the lower fore-edge; a former owner's name at the front endpaper; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. A very good reader's copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing moderate wear and minor cosmetic flaws. . NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (7.8 x 5 x 0.8 inches) . Distinctive front cover illustration by Cannibale and design by Thomi Wroblewski. Translated from the French by Peter DuBerg. Language: English. Weight: 10.1 ounces. First published in Trade Paperback. Marguerite Duras (1914 – 1996) was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film Hiroshima mon amour (1959) earned her a nomination for Best Original Screenplay at the Academy Awards. Duras's early novels were fairly conventional in form, and were criticized for their "romanticism" by fellow writer Raymond Queneau; however, with Moderato Cantabile, she became more experimental, paring down her texts to give ever-increasing importance to what was not said. She was associated with the nouveau roman French literary movement, although she did not belong definitively to any one group. She was noted for her command of dialogue. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 214 pages .