# Basic Black With Pearls

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- Book: [Basic Black With Pearls](https://www.bookquiver.com/helen-weinzweig/basic-black-with-pearls) ([Basic Black With Pearls.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/helen-weinzweig/basic-black-with-pearls.md))
- Authors: [Helen Weinzweig](https://www.bookquiver.com/helen-weinzweig), [Sarah Weinman](https://www.bookquiver.com/sarah-weinman)
- Publisher: nyrb_classics
- ISBN: 978-16-8137-216-7
- Pages: 160
- Published: 2018-04-17
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A brilliant, lost feminist classic that is equal parts domestic drama and international intrigue. Shirley and Coenraad’s affair has been going on for decades, but her longing for him is as desperate...