Chaos and night

Henry de Montherlant

Original title: Chaos et la nuit

earliest edition we have, 1963 Gallimard, 1963 paperback

Penguin 20th century classic

Don Celestino is old and bitter and afraid. In exile from his native Spain for more than twenty years, he lives with his daughter in Paris, but in his mind he is still fighting the Spanish Civil War. Don Celestino's daughter has had enough. She decides to return to Spain, and reluctantly, helplessly, he tags along. Now he foresees a last heroic confrontation with his enemies; he wonders whether he will be worthy. Ins...

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Editions we hold

Chaos and night edition · 2009 · New York Review Books · 235 pages · 9781590173046
Chaos and night edition · 1989 · Penguin · 240 pages
Le\Chaos et la Nuit paperback · 1973 · French & European Pubns · 9780828837187
Le chaos et la nuit paperback · 1963 · Gallimard · 9782070245918

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