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      The Debut

      by Anita Brookner
      Published
      Apr 1981
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
      Pages
      192
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      An "almost flawless novel" (People) about a quiet scholar who is convinced that her life has been ruined by literature and that she must make a new start in life.

      Since childhood, Ruth Weiss had been escaping from life into books, and from the attentions of her eccentric parents into the gentler warmth and company of friends and lovers. Now at forty years old, an academic devoted to the study of Balzac, she believes that literature has ruined her life and that she must once again, make a fresh start. "Lively, filled with gentle humor" (Miami Herald) this is an elegant and wry novel that will stay with you long after the final page is turned.

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      Feb 1985 Vintage ISBN 0394728564
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      Mar 1985 McGraw-Hill ISBN 0075452863
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      Feb 1990 Vintage ISBN 0679727124
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      Jun 2018 Simon & Schuster ISBN 1982107510
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      First Edition Apr 1981 Simon & Schuster ISBN 0671426265
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      Jun 2018 Simon & Schuster ISBN 1982108185
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