first edition Hardcover
1963 (c.1961) · London
by Rochefort, Christiane (translated from the French by Edward Hyams)
London: Macdonald. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. 1963 (c.1961). 1st U.K. edition. Hardcover. [minor spotting to top edge, no significant wear; jacket front panel shows light surface rubbing/scraping, one tiny closed tear at top edge]. Novel about a young French woman who grows up on the outskirts of Paris, into a life "cushioned against reality by the candy-floss embrace of the Welfare State." The author was a noted feminist writer; the book is a classroom standard in France, but the English edition is very scarce. . (Inventory #: 17218)