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Scriptores minores Galliae: S. IV-V (Hardcover)

By Instrumenta lexicologica Latina,

$35.96

ISBN-13: 9782503606422
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Published: Brepols, 1/1985

Relatos de Novelistas Espa~nolas, 1939-1969 (Paperback)

By Alicia Redondo Goicoechea

$26.25

ISBN-13: 9788470396779
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Published: Editorial Castalia, 1/2001

Socialite Evenings (Paperback)

By Shobha De

$4.47

ISBN-13: 9780140122671
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Published: Penguin (Non-Classics), 5/1991

Karuna, a prominent Bombay socialite, is trying to flee the nightmare of the present by escaping into the past. An unhappy divorce and a succession of sordid affairs have left her bruised and battered and, in an effort to forget, Karuna begins writing her memoirs. A the story of her life unfolds we see how the gauche middle-class girl metamorphoses into a star -- and we also meet her friends and enemies: neurotic, man-hungry Anjali; gorgeous, vivacious Ritu; trampy, outrageous Si; Abe, who prefers young girls, Varun, a high-profile editor with a penchant for young boys; Krish, the pretentious adman, whose wife actively helps him in his extra-marital affairs; Girish, the art-film maker in search of the perfect 'Shakuntala'...All of these characters and more play out their lives against the backdrop of Bombay -- a city unique unto itself...