{"product_id":"9780241634332-the-widow-couderc","title":"The Widow Couderc","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Sensuously detailed .\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eedgy . riveting' \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo strangers meet on a bus along a dusty road in rural France. Tati is a tough, work-worn widow, who runs the farm her late husband left behind, while trying to keep out of the way of her predatory in-laws. Jean is an odd, quiet man, recently out of prison, with nowhere to go.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese lost souls recognize something in each other, and Jean becomes Tati's lodger and farm worker. In the still and heat of the summer, they labour together and, inevitably, begin to sleep together. Soon, however, their strange affair will become something altogether darker.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst published in 1942 at the same time as Albert Camus' \u003ci\u003eThe Outsider\u003c\/i\u003e, this is Simenon's existentialist masterpiece, exploring the dangerous mystery of who we are and what we desire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Published, like \u003ci\u003eThe Outsider\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1942, and at least equal to Camus's work in portraying a doomed and alienated life' David Hare\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41608607957089,"sku":"9780241634332","price":8.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780241634332-the-widow-couderc","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}