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The Counterfeiters
The Counterfeiters | Andr้ Gide
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'It's only after our death that we shall really be able to hear' The measured tone of hopeless nihilism that pervades The Counterfeiters quickly shatters any image of Andr้ Gide as the querulous and impious Buddha to a quarter-century of intellectuals. In sharp and brilliant prose a seedy, cynical and gratuitously alarming narrative is developed, involving a wide range of otherwise harmless and mainly middle-to-upper-class Parisians. But the setting could be anywhere. From puberty through adolescence to death, The Counterfeiters is a rare encyclopedia of human disorder, weakness and despair.
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batsy
The Counterfeiters | Andr้ Gide
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Went to my favourite used bookstall at the weekend flea market to trade in *one* book and this happened ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ

In Praise of the Stepmother is a definite blame it on @Simona ๐Ÿ˜‰

saresmoore Lovely and such fun, unique choices!We now both have a copy of The Glass-Blowers. I can feel a buddy read coming on. ๐Ÿ˜Š 7y
britt_brooke Oops! But, nice haul! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป 7y
erzascarletbookgasm Nice! I don‘t see what‘s the problem..๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธbut then I‘ve never been good in my maths. 7y
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Dulcinella What a great collection! 7y
Tanisha_A Wow wow! ๐Ÿ˜ 7y
Ms_T Don‘t you just hate it when that happens ๐Ÿ˜‚ 7y
Mdargusch Those are great choices! 7y
Tamra Awesome! 7y
BarbaraBB The Counterfeiters is great! 7y
Leftcoastzen Awesome selections! 7y
TrishB Great choices ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป 7y
batsy @saresmoore Aww yes โ™ฅ๏ธ 7y
batsy @BarbaraBB I just saw your review, nice! :) 7y
batsy @britt_brooke @Dulcinella @Tanisha_A @Mdargusch @Tamra @Leftcoastzen @TrishB Thank you all, my favourite enablers ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ’• 7y
Leftcoastzen I can‘t resist old pelican books unless it‘s a topic I‘m not interested in. 7y
batsy @Leftcoastzen Same! And I'm so glad this is about the English novel ๐Ÿ˜† 7y
readordierachel I'd be more concerned if this didn't happen. Well done! 7y
BookishMe I should totally go to that bookstore when I visit your city! 7y
Simona ๐Ÿ˜ฌ But have you seen my โ€˜warning‘ - check out the others reviews?!? 7y
youneverarrived Great haul! Love that Graham Greene cover. 7y
batsy @ReadOrDieRachel Haha, quite right ๐Ÿ˜† Thanks! 7y
batsy @BookishMe Yes! It's a very unassuming stall in an unassuming mall ๐Ÿ˜ She also has a pop up store with more great used books. 7y
batsy @Simona Yes, I did before I bought it ๐Ÿ˜† Lots of unhappy reviews on GR about the subject matter. But I tend to like these Marmite books... ๐Ÿคž๐Ÿฝ 7y
batsy @youneverarrived Thank you! I'm quite fond of that one, too ๐Ÿ™‚ 7y
Simona The content is f&$*#, but that does not mean that the book is bad ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ ... in anticipation of your opinion๐Ÿ˜˜ 7y
LeahBergen Awesome! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป I‘m going to be doing a shelf cull this week and hauling some in for trade, too. 7y
batsy @Simona I agree! GR reviews tend to frustrate me for this reason ๐Ÿ˜ฌ 7y
batsy @LeahBergen Nice! I can't wait to see what you get ๐Ÿ˜ 7y
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BarbaraBB
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The Counterfeiters is a story of people moving in and out of an upperclass Paris setting in the early 20th century. The dialogues are witty, the relations realistic and underneath a lot is happening. The fact that the adolescents act too wise for their age, that homosexual feelings are never outspoken, and even that there it is a novel-within-a-novel: It all adds up to a great story in which all of the characters really come to life. #1001books

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