Le silence suivi de Le mensonge

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Spine slightly sunned, otherwise handsome copy complete with publisher's slip.
Dated autograph inscription signed by Nathalie Sarraute to her great friend the stage director, playwright and writer Simone Benmussa: "A Simone Benmussa avec ma vive reconnaissance et ma très sincère sympathie. Nathalie Sarraute. Le 6 Février 1967." (To Simone Benmussa with my heartfelt gratitude and most sincere sympathy. Nathalie Sarraute. February 6, 1967.)
Literary adviser to the Jean-Louis Barrault - Madeleine Renaud Company, then, in 1957, editor-in-chief of the Cahiers Renaud-Barrault, Simone Benmussa also directed, from the Odéon theatre, the cultural service and the Cahiers of the Renaud-Barrault company. She adapted for the theatre works by her friend Nathalie Sarraute including "Enfance" in 1984 (with Nathalie Sarraute's recorded voice) and "Pour un oui ou pour un non" in 1987, Pierre Klossowski, Jean Cocteau, Gertrude Stein, Samuel Beckett...