Act of Passion (New York Review Books Classics)

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Description: For forty years Charles Alavoine has sleepwalked through his life. Growing up as a good boy in the grip of a domineering mother, he trains as a doctor, marries, opens a medical practice in a quiet country town, and settles into an existence of impeccable bourgeois conformity. And yet at unguarded moments this model family man is haunted by a sense of emptiness and futility. Then, one night, laden with Christmas presents, he meets Martine. It is time for the sleeper to awake. ... (more)

Manufacturer: NYRB Classics
Release date: 18 October 2011
ISBN-10 : 1590173856 | ISBN-13: 9781590173855

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