Marguerite Duras, Moderato Cantabile, Grove Press Inc., 1st Printing, 1960, Very Good softcover.

Duras, Marguerite. New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1960. 

English, First Printing, Very Good, SC, 8vo, 8” x 5 1/2”, 120 pp. 

First Printing, softcover in white pictorial wraps. Slight cocking to spine, some edgewear, minor crease to spine, light toning, else, clean and tightly bound. 120 pp. From the back panel: "Moderato Cantabile explores the encounter of two people with a unique concentration on dialogue, and a meticulous, almost obsessive attention to the characters' every gesture and expression." Wonderfully produced book written by French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker, Marguerite Duras, most notably known for her 1984 novel The Lover and the script for the 1959 film Hiroshima, Mon Amour.