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What Does Mrs. Freeman Want?
Petros Abatzoglou
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Description for What Does Mrs. Freeman Want?
Paperback. Translator(s): Cicellis, Kay. Num Pages: 111 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 454.
While lying on a beach in Greece with an accommodating female companion, the narrator of this novel, Petros Abatzoglou (also the name of the author), describes the peculiar life story and marriage of Mrs. Freeman. By turns digressive, tender, humorous, and pedantic, the narrator interrupts his monologue only when he wants something from his companion, usually another drink. In relating the story of Mrs. Freeman--a fiercely independent woman--the narrator exemplifies almost all the characteristics of a self-centered male. Obsessed with food, alcohol, and the need to be the center of a woman's attention, he paints a mental picture of the ... Read more
While lying on a beach in Greece with an accommodating female companion, the narrator of this novel, Petros Abatzoglou (also the name of the author), describes the peculiar life story and marriage of Mrs. Freeman. By turns digressive, tender, humorous, and pedantic, the narrator interrupts his monologue only when he wants something from his companion, usually another drink. In relating the story of Mrs. Freeman--a fiercely independent woman--the narrator exemplifies almost all the characteristics of a self-centered male. Obsessed with food, alcohol, and the need to be the center of a woman's attention, he paints a mental picture of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
111
Place of Publication
Normal, IL, United States
ISBN
9781564783905
SKU
V9781564783905
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99-15
Reviews for What Does Mrs. Freeman Want?
Abatzoglou's not unique in taking the mundane as a subject, but he resists dramatic impulse with an uncommon, illuminating commitment.' -The Believer