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Old People and the Things That Pass

Louis Couperus

Traduttore Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

Casa editrice: e-artnow

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This book was created by Louis Marie-Anne Couperus, one of the major Dutch writers, in 1918. The story tells of two very old people who keep a terrible secret from the time they lived in the Dutch East Indies, many decades ago. Yet times change, and shame and scandal can no longer be contained when their grandchildren get married.
Disponibile da: 01/12/2023.
Lunghezza di stampa: 341 pagine.

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