Claude Simon — The Grass
London, Jonathan Cape, 1961. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this stirring novel from Nobel Prize winner, Claude Simon. The first UK edition. Originally published in the French (L'Herbe) in 1958. Translated from the French by Richard Howard. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. In this work, a young woman talks to her lover about her dying aunt, recounts memories of her past, and shares her thoughts about life. Written by Claude Simon, a French novelist who was awarded the 1985 Nobel Prize in Literature. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent with shelf wear. Dust wrapper is very smart, with edge wear and sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.
