{"product_id":"1568105","title":"The Use Of Speech by Nathalie Sarraute","description":"Fiction. Translated from the French by Barbara Wright. In this classic later work from French novelist Nathalie Sarraute, one finds a \"delectably austere, beady-eyed book.... Phrases that give rise to the scenes or episodes are ordinary enough until Sarraute imagines for them a context which turns them from bland civilities into weapons of psychological warfare. Friends meet and converse, in a cafe or in the street, and are all sociability; except underneath, where the best of friends can be the most savage of opponents. Sarraute resorts sardonically to metaphor to indicate what words will not capture: the shameful and ineffable animosities that... imperil our urbanity\" (The Times Literary Supplement). This 1983 J. Calder Paperback is in \u003cb\u003e good condition\u003c\/b\u003e. Pages and cover lightly tanned. Minimal wear on top edge of pages. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780714539836 SKU: 1568105 \u003ci\u003eThis image is of the actual book.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"J. Calder","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48528408117525,"sku":"1568105","price":27.5,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0023\/2695\/4036\/files\/1568105_6584296a-0996-4ff7-a126-b0507a466162.jpg?v=1755935639","url":"https:\/\/bookhaven.co.nz\/products\/1568105","provider":"Book Haven","version":"1.0","type":"link"}