The Debut

Anita Brookner

Original title: The debut

first published 1981 Simon & Schuster, 2018 paperback 192 pages

Since childhood Ruth Weiss has been escaping from life into books, and from the hothouse attentions of her tyrannical and eccentric parents into the gentler warmth of lovers and friends. Now Dr. Weiss, at forty, a quiet scholar devoted to the study of Balzac, is convinced that her life has been ruined by literature, and that once again she must make a new start in life.

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Debut edition · 2018 · Simon & Schuster · 9781982108182
The Debut paperback · 2018 · Simon & Schuster · 192 pages · 9781982107512
The Debut paperback · 1990 · Vintage · 196 pages · 9780679727125
The debut edition · 1985 · Vintage Books · 192 pages
The debut edition · 1981 · Linden Press · 192 pages

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