by Jane Auer Bowles · 10/18 · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782264013699
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«Plaisirs paisibles» is Jane Bowles's collection of short stories, published by 10/18 in paperback (188 pages, in French).
It brings together short stories in which Jane Bowles portrays eccentric characters and everyday situations that turn strange, with irony and a refined style. The stories, originally published as Plain Pleasures, combine unusual characterization, dry humour and a disquieting atmosphere, without resorting to predictable twists.
Original title: Plain Pleasures, 1966. French translation by Claude N. Thomas; part of the 10/18 collection.
For readers of short fiction and 20th-century American short stories who appreciate classic female voices with an ironic register.
Jane Bowles was an American writer and playwright.
