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Desperate characters

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Desperate characters
9.99 €
It all started with a stray cat. Sophie Bentwood wanted to give it milk, to share with the poor cat a slice of her prosperity, so out of reach for many of her Brooklyn neighbors. And the cat bit her hand. And a series of ordinary but ominous events begins to torment the Bentwood couple. Waiting for rabies tests becomes a real torment and a test for everyone: for Sophie herself, her husband, their friends. All the faults and abysses of "exemplary" marriage Bentwoods, problems in Sophie's relationship with the world and with herself are exposed. The novel immerses the reader in the disturbing atmosphere of psychological films Bergman and Hitchcock thrillers and keeps in incredible tension until the very end.
First published in 1970 and widely acclaimed "Desperate Characters" is rightly considered the pinnacle of American realism.
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