The Comfort of Strangers

Ian McEwan

first published 1981 RosettaBooks, 2011

A King Penguin

Colin and Mary are lovers on holiday in Italy, their relationship becoming increasingly problematic as they become increasingly alienated from one and other. They move from place to place in this foreign land but seemingly without aim or purpose and more, seemingly bored and without attachment. Then they meet a man named Robert and his wife, Caroline, who is crippled. Colin and Mary seem happy for the diversion--ha...

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El placer del viajero paperback · 2020 · Anagrama · 144 pages · 9788433960597
Comfort of Strangers edition · 2011 · RosettaBooks · 9780795303692
Comfort of Strangers edition · 2011 · RosettaBooks · 9780795303593
Comfort of Strangers edition · 2010 · Penguin Random House · 9781409089902
Comfort of Strangers edition · 2010 · Penguin Random House · 9781409089858
Un bonheur de rencontre paperback · 2003 · Gallimard · 212 pages · 9782070421619
The comfort of strangers edition · 2002 · Chivers Press · 153 pages
El Placer del Viajero paperback · 2002 · Anagrama · 9788433966933
The comfort of strangers edition · 2002 · Anchor Books · 127 pages
Comfort of Strangers paperback · 1997 · VINTAGE (RAND) · 112 pages · 9780099754916
The Comfort of Strangers ebook · 1997 · Random House Group Limited · 9781409089865
El Placer del Viajero paperback · 1996 · Anagrama · 9788433930194

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