Martereau

Nathalie Sarraute

first published 1953 Dalkey Archive Press, 2004 250 pages

French literature series

Martereau is narrated by a tubercular young man driven by a compulsion to discover what lies behind fads, especially in relation to the adults and the family around him. He's particularly interested in Martereau, his uncle's devoted friend and business associate. All in all, Martereau seems like a trustworthy, benign, self-sufficient man, but under the narrator's intense scrutiny--and Martereau's suspect behavior con...

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Martereau edition · 2004 · Dalkey Archive Press · 250 pages
Martereau edition · 1993 · Rowohlt · 216 pages
Martereau paperback · 1972 · French & European Pubns · 9780828837392
Martereau paperback · 1972 · Folio · 246 pages
Martereau. edition · 1964 · J.Calder

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