DUHAMEL Georges - Le Voyage de Moscou - Les sept...

In the original edition, the three novels by Georges Duhamel, Le Voyage de Moscou - Les sept dernières plaies - Querelles de famille. 3 volumes (in-8) of 258, 295, and 247 pages. In a red half Morocco binding, spine adorned with four raised bands and a double direct titling. Wear to the edges and headcaps. Interior fresh. Printed on Hollande van Gelder paper, numbered respectively 137, 123 and 130. Top edges gilt. Le Voyage de Moscou is a travel narrative recounting his summer stay in the USSR. Direct testimony of an intellectual invited to discover the reality of Soviet life. Les Sept Dernières Plaies is a fictionalized war tale. Echoing the Apocalypse of John, this book gathers his harrowing memories as a military surgeon among the wounded on the World War I front. Querelles de famille is a social critique essay. The author mocks with irony and philosophy the mechanical, materialist, and sordid drift of modern consumer society. Nice set

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