THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ODILE

by Georges Simenon ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 9, 1972

A very frugal psychological study, not lackadaisical so much as listless, in which Odile, an unmotivated 18 year-old, disappears from home in Lausanne leaving a letter -- to her brother -- saying ""good-by to life."" Sleeping pills and her father's revolver have also disappeared with her, guessably to Paris. Her brother makes the rounds of places (boites, hospitals, etc.) she might have frequented but it is a young man next door who finds her in time -- a wrist slashed. The cri de coeur or for attention noted, she is now ready to begin life on her own terms. M. Simenon recites all this in a flatly declarative fashion as if his heart weren't in it and his very good mind were elsewhere.

Pub Date: Aug. 9, 1972

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 1, 1972

Categories: FICTION