An edition of The Comfort of Strangers (1981)

Comfort of Strangers

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An edition of The Comfort of Strangers (1981)

Comfort of Strangers

  • 3.0 (2 ratings) ·
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  • 1 Currently reading
  • 5 Have read

Colin and Mary are lovers on holiday in Italy, their relationship becoming increasingly problematic as they become increasingly alienated from one and other. They move from place to place in this foreign land but seemingly without aim or purpose and more, seemingly bored and without attachment.

Then they meet a man named Robert and his wife, Caroline, who is crippled. Colin and Mary seem happy for the diversion--happy to meet another couple that takes the focus of off them (off of each other) for a while. Things become strange (and stranger yet; one could say horrific) when they attempt to leave: Robert and Caroline insist that they stay with them for a while longer.

While Mary and Colin indeed rediscover each other in ways during this time--an erotic attraction to each other that was below the surface--they also find that their relationship/friendship with Robert and Caroline takes turns that are likewise erotic and violent in nature. A pervasive dread runs through this novel, leading to the terrible climax that no reader could predict. Absolutely in the key of McEwan, without match in the genre, and a very worthwhile read.

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Language
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Pages
112

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Cover of: Placer Del Viajero (Biblioteca Mcewan)
Placer Del Viajero (Biblioteca Mcewan)
2020, Editorial Anagrama S.A.
in Spanish
Cover of: Un bonheur de rencontre
Un bonheur de rencontre
June 19, 2003, Gallimard
Mass Market Paperback in French
Cover of: El Placer del Viajero
El Placer del Viajero
April 2002, Anagrama
Paperback in Spanish
Cover of: The comfort of strangers
The comfort of strangers
2002, Chivers Press, Thorndike Press
in English - A Large print ed.
Cover of: The comfort of strangers
The comfort of strangers
2002, Anchor Books
in English - 1st Anchor Books ed.
Cover of: Der Trost von Fremden.
Der Trost von Fremden.
April 1, 2001, Diogenes Verlag
Paperback
Cover of: Comfort of Strangers
Comfort of Strangers
June 5, 1997, VINTAGE (RAND)
Paperback in English
Cover of: Comfort of Strangers
Comfort of Strangers
June 5, 1997, VINTAGE (RAND)
in English
Cover of: The Comfort of Strangers
The Comfort of Strangers
1997, Random House Group Limited
Electronic resource in English
Cover of: El Placer del Viajero
El Placer del Viajero
March 1996, Anagrama
Paperback in Spanish
Cover of: The comfort of strangers
The comfort of strangers
1994, Vintage International, Anchor
in English - 1st Vintage International ed.
Cover of: Étrange séduction
Étrange séduction: (un bonheur de rencontre) : roman
1991, Seuil
in French
Cover of: Der Trost von Fremden
Der Trost von Fremden: Roman
1989, Diogenes
Taschenbuch in German - 3. Auflage
Cover of: The comfortof strangers
The comfortof strangers
1989, Penguin Books
in English
Cover of: The comfort of strangers
The comfort of strangers
1989, Penguin Books
in English
Cover of: The comfort of strangers
The comfort of strangers
1982, Picador, PICADOR
in English
Cover of: The comfort of strangers
The comfort of strangers
1982, Picador
in English
Cover of: The comfort of strangers
The comfort of strangers
1982, Picador
in English
Cover of: The comfort of strangers
The comfort of strangers
1981, Simon and Schuster
in English
Cover of: The comfort of strangers
The comfort of strangers
1981, J. Cape
in English
Cover of: The comfort of strangers
The comfort of strangers
1981, Simon and Schuster
in English
Cover of: The comfort of strangers
The comfort of strangers
1981, Cape
in English

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First Sentence

"EACH AFTERNOON, when the whole city beyond the dark green shutters of their hotel windows began to stir, Colin and Mary were woken by the methodical chipping of steel tools against the iron barges which moored by the hotel cafe potoon."

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Library of Congress
PR6063.C4

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7319917M
ISBN 10
0099754916
ISBN 13
9780099754916
Library Thing
63648
Goodreads
246543

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