La Bête humaine

Librarian's note: Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9782070418015.

« L'essentiel de La Bête humaine, c'est l'instinct de mort dans le personnage principal, la fêlure cérébrale de Jacques Lantier, mécanic…

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