The book sold out on its first printing, but its critical reception was lukewarm. In a style differing from the bald obliquity that characterizes Duras’s more famous books and films, feelings and adjectives stick together like plums that have fallen from a tree and formed a putrid mass. Here, Duras’s sentences assume a voluptuousness that Olivia Baes and Emma Ramadan do a remarkable job of translating. Instrument Collection Sigla - Abbreviations for collections of musical instruments (devised by Arnold Myers and used by permission maintained by the International Committee of Musical Instrument Museums and Collections (CIMCIM ).“La Vie Tranquille” (1944), Duras’s second novel-translated into English as “ The Easy Life”-is a coming-of-age story that dwells on what a young woman must relinquish to the activity of tidying up life.Library Sigla - Abbreviations for libraries and other institutions holding music-related manuscripts (from RISM system).Bibliographical Abbreviations - Abbreviations used in bibliographic citations for periodical titles, standard reference books, and series.Includes the many abbreviations used in work-lists.
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