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The Widow
The Widow | Georges Simenon
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The Widow�is the story of two outcasts and their fatal encounter. One is the widow herself, Tati. Still young, she�s never had an easy time of it, but she�s not the kind to complain. Tati lives with her father-in-law on the family farm, putting up with his sexual attentions, working her fingers to the bone, improving the property and knowing all the time that her late husband�s sister is scheming to kick her out and take the house back.The other is a killer. Just out of prison and in search of a new life, Jean meets up with Tati, who hires him as a handyman and then takes him to bed. Things are looking up, at least until Jean falls hard for the girl next door.The Widow�was published in the same year as Camus��The Stranger, and Andr� Gide judged it the superior book. It is Georges Simenon�s most powerful and disturbing exploration of the bond between death and desire.
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The Widow | Georges Simenon
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The Widow is an interesting, bleak, tension-building story that follows two characters trapped by fate and despair in the French countryside. Simenon‘s writing is forthright and sparse; the story kept my interest throughout, giving an air of edginess. Of the two main characters, the widow Couderc (Tati) - unattractive yet tough- is more interesting and has my sympathies. The 1971 French movie adaptation starring..⬇️

erzascarletbookgasm ..Simone Signoret and Alain Delon has a different ending. #TBRTarot 13mo
CBee Awesome 👏🏻 13mo
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