9780670821877 | Reprint edition (Viking Pr, May 1, 1996), cover price $34.95 |
About this edition: A satirical study of middle-class manners, set against the backdrop of 1930s Geneva, focuses on Solal, a Mediterranean Jew disillusioned by his work as Under-Secretary General of the League of Nations, as he uses a love affair to search for the Absolute
9782070404025 | Gallimard, December 1, 2000, cover price $37.95
9780140188714 | Penguin USA, April 1, 1998, cover price $15.95 |
About this edition: Set in Geneva in the 1930s, Albert Cohen's endlessly inventive satire of middle-class manners and ambition revolves around Solal, a man of remarkable gifts and disappointed ideals.