French Novelist, Marguerite Duras....?

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Published a book called The Malady Of Death (translated from the French by Barbara Bray) in 1986.http://www.amazon.com/Malady-Death-Margu…

But the book is only 60 pages long???? I checked it out of the library. My question is how can an adult book of 60 pages find publication. I know many children's books of that length get published but is there some minimum length for adult non fiction material? Or do publishers not care if they think the story can sell at 60 pages?

Answer 1

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Ok based on what i have seen i dont think it matters how many pages maybe it has to be more than 10. Becasue in my library i see books with only about 20 or more pages. Maybe that was his first novel i see many books like that at barnes and noble so i think it is normal as long as the book is good.

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Ok, thank you for shedding some light on this, little lady! I'm seeing more and more of these "short" novellas all over the place. Guess I didn't pay attention until I started working on mine! Both of you who answered have a great day!

Answer 2

It was probably just a short story.

Plus it was published in 1986.

It's not as uncommon as you think.