The Hand - And Other Novels

Amidst the fury of a relentless snowstorm, the loyalties of two friends are put to the ultimate test, with fatal consequences.

In a secluded hotel, an adulterous affair spirals into a terrible nightmare that will transform the couple''s lives forever.

This omnibus edition brings together Georges Simenon''s most gripping psychological novels from the 1960s, capturing the raw essence of human frailty and resilience during a time of profound social upheaval, and revealing the chilling brilliance of Simenon''s romans durs.<>

About the author

Georges Simenon was born in Liège, Belgium in 1903. An intrepid traveller with a profound interest in people, Simenon strove on and off the page to understand, rather than to judge, the human condition in all its shades. His novels include the Inspector Maigret series and a richly varied body of wider work united by its evocative power, its economy of means, and its penetrating psychological insight. He is among the most widely read writers in the global canon. He died in 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he had lived for the latter part of his life.Ros Schwartz is an award-winning translator from French. Acclaimed for her new version of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince, published in 2010, she has over 100 fiction and non-fiction titles to her name.

The French government made Ros a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2009, and in 2017 she was awarded the Institute of Translation and Interpreting's John Sykes Memorial Prize for Excellence.

Product details

• Authors: Georges Simenon
• Assisted by: Coverdale Linda (Translation), Ros Schwartz (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.11.2025
• EAN: 9780241787915
• ISBN: 978-0-241-78791-5
• No. of pages: 496
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 197 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Short Stories (single author), FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Short Stories, Fiction in translation, FICTION / World Literature / France / 20th Century, Classic fiction: general and literary