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Chargement... The General's Wife (édition 1983)par Peter Straub (Auteur)
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Andy's hateful, bullying husband is transferred to London for work, but despises the city and rarely wants to go out. Tentatively exploring London on her own, Andy answers a want ad placed by a former Army general whose career was marred by some scandal which is never quite specified. The old gentleman is compiling his memoirs and needs a transcriptionist; not surprisingly, Andy encounters the horrific and, ultimately, the inexplicable in the general's dank, sparsely furnished home. A noticeable antecedent to Straub's later masterpiece Mrs. God, this novella marks the first overt appearance of Robert Aickman's influence in the Straub oeuvre. It actually bears a much greater resemblance to Mrs. God than to Floating Dragon, but is perfectly, elegantly self-contained. In fact, no prior knowledge of any of Straub's work is required to enjoy The General's Wife (though, unless you're a fan and a collector, you're probably not going to shell out forty of fifty bucks for this).
1200 copies, each signed by Straub and illustrator Thomas Canty. My copy is #145. ( )