Coup de Grace - Paperback

FormatBook

Language English

ISBN-13 / SKU 9780374516314

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by Marguerite Yourcenar (Author), Grace Frick (Translator)

Set in the Baltic provinces in the aftermath of World War I, Coup de Grace tells the story of an intimacy that grows between three young people hemmed in by civil war: Erick, a Prussian fighting with the White Russians against the Bolsheviks; Conrad, his best friend from childhood; and Sophie, whose unrequited love for Conrad becomes an unbearable burden.

Author Biography

Marguerite Yourcenar (1903-87) wrote plays, stories, poems, and novels, notable Memoirs of Hadrian. She was the first woman to be elected to the Academie Francaise.

Number of Pages: 164

Dimensions: 0.47 x 7.92 x 4.5 IN

Publication Date: April 14, 2003

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