Bitter Honeymoon

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Cortigiana stanca (Tired Courtesan) was first published in 1927, Inverno di malato (A Sick Boy’s Winter) in 1930, L’imbroglio (The Imbroglio) in 1937, La caduta (The Fall) in 1940, L’amante infelice (The Unfortunate Lover) in 1943, Ritorno al mare (Back to the Sea) in 1945, L’ufficiale inglese (The British Oficer) in 1946, and Luna di miele, sole di fiele (Bitter Honeymoon) in 1952 First published in English by Secker & Warburg 1954 Published in Penguin Books 1961 __
A Sick Boy’s Winter is translated by Baptista Gilliat Smith, Bitter Honeymoon by Frances Frenaye, and the remainder by Bernard Wall, who made the selec- tion in consultationwith the author

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