The sea wall

Marguerite Duras

Original title: Barrage contre le Pacifique

Translated by Herma Briffault first published 1953 Perennial Library, 1986 288 pages

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Herma Briffault 2 printings we hold · 1985–1986 · Farrar, Straus, and Giroux

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კაშხალი წყნარი ოკეანის წინააღმდეგ edition · 2001 · GCI · 337 pages
The sea wall edition · 1986 · Faber · 288 pages
The sea wall edition · 1986 · Perennial Library · 288 pages
The sea wall edition · 1985 · Farrar, Straus, and Giroux · 288 pages

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