The Square - Opening

The child came over quietly from the far side of the Square and stood beside the girl.
"I'm hungry,' he announced.
The man took this as an opportunity to start a conversation.

COPYRIGHT 1959 BY JOHN CALDER (PUNBLISHERS) LTD.

Originally published in France by Librairie Gallimars as Le Square

First Grove Press Edition 1959

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THE SQUARE
Marguerite Duras
Translated by
Sonia Pitt-Rivers
and Irina Morduch