First edition on regular paper. A well-preserved copy, despite the spine and covers being slightly and marginally sunned, as is often the case. Inscribed by Julien Gracq to the stage director, playwright, and writer Simone Benmussa on the half-title page. Literary advisor to the Jean-Louis Barrault – Madeleine Renaud Company, then, in 1957, editor-in-chief of the Cahiers Renaud-Barrault, Simone Benmussa also headed the cultural department and the Cahiers of the Renaud-Barrault Company at the Théâtre de l’Odéon. She adapted for the stage works by her friend Nathalie Sarraute, as well as by Pierre Klossowski, Jean Cocteau, Gertrude Stein... She was the partner of actress Erika Kralik.