Brief Lives

Anita Brookner

Original title: Brief lives

first published 1990 Vintage Books, 1992 260 pages

Vintage contemporaries

Chronicles the relationship between two women--Julia, the glamorous, manipulative ex-cabaret star, and the timid, modest Faye--whose husbands are business associates, in a study of the fragility and resilience of friendship.

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Editions we hold

Brief Lives edition · 2016 · Penguin Books, Limited · 9780241978238
Brief Lives edition · 2016 · Penguin Books, Limited · 224 pages · 9780241979396
Brief lives edition · 2000 · Center Point Pub. · 309 pages
Brief Lives hardcover · 1993 · Random House Value Publishing · 9780517109434
Brief lives edition · 1992 · Vintage Books · 260 pages
Brief lives edition · 1991 · Penguin · 217 pages
Brief Lives audiobook · 1991 · Chivers Audio Books · 9780745158099
Brief lives edition · 1991 · Penguin · 217 pages · 9780140145380
Brief lives edition · 1990 · Jonathan Cape · 217 pages
Brief lives edition · 1990 · Random House · 260 pages

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