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MARC 21

The breaking point
Tag	Description
020	$a9781844085750
082	$aAF DUM
100	$aDu Maurier, Daphne,$d1907-1989.$eauthor.
100	$d1907-1989,
245	$aThe breaking point :$bshort stories$cby Daphne du Maurier ; introduction by Sally Beauman.
260	$aLondon :$bVirago,$c2009.
300	$a289 p. ;$c20 cm.
300	$a289 pages ;
490	$aVirago modern classics ;$v540
500	$aOriginally published: [London] : Victor Gollancz, 1959.
500	$aFormerly CIP.$5Uk
520	$a'The apathy of Sunday lay upon the streets. Houses were closed, withdrawn. They don't know, he thought, those people inside, how one gesture of mine, now, at this minute, might alter their world. A knock on the door, and someone answers - a woman yawning, an old man in carpet slippers, a child sent by its parents in irritation; and according to what I will, what I decide, their whole future will be decided ...Sudden murder. Theft. Fire. It was as simple as that.' In this collection of suspenseful tales in which fantasies, murderous dreams and half-forgotten worlds are exposed, Daphne du Maurier explores the boundaries of reality and imagination. Her characters are caught at those moments when the delicate link between reason and emotion has been stretched to the breaking point. Often chilling, sometimes poignant, these stories display the full range of Daphne du Maurier's considerable talent.
650	$aShort stories.
655	$aShort stories.$2gsafd
655	$aShort stories
655	$aShort stories