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The Lover

Marguerite Duras

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An international bestseller with more than one million copies in print and a winner of France's Prix Goncourt, The Lover" has been acclaimed by critics all over the world since its first publication in 1984. Set in the pre-war Indochina of Marguerite Duras' childhood, this is the haunting tale of a tumultuous affair between an adolescent French girl and her Chinese lover. In spare yet luminous prose, Duras evokes life on the margins of Saigon in the waning days of France's colonial empire, and its representation in the passionate relationship between two unforgettable outcasts.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Pantheon Books
  • Publish Date: Sep 8th, 1998
  • Pages: 128
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.03in - 5.23in - 0.44in - 0.32lb
  • EAN: 9780375700521
  • Categories: • Literary• Romance - Historical - General• Historical - General

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About the Author

One of France's most important literary figures, MARGUERITE DURAS is best known in the United States for her novel The Lover, and for her brilliant film script Hiroshima, Mon Amour. She is also the author of many other acclaimed novels (The Ravishing of Lol Stein) and screenplays (Détruire, dit-elle). Born in Saigon in 1914 and died in Paris in 1996.

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What people are saying

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Elle
1 year

"This is one of my favorite novels of all times. Perfection from beginning to end and I return to it often."

– Roxane Gay is an author, professor and social commentator.
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Francesca Peacock
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Francesca Peacock is an art, book, and culture writer.

Utterly obsessed with / spellbound by the opening passage of Marguerite Duras’s L’ Amant / The Lover ✨ https://t.co/Ry8u1puhwM

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Madelaine Lucas
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1 year

Madelaine Lucas is a writer and editor.

Thrilled to see Thirst for Salt described as “a magical debut” with “a sense of retrospective lyricism that calls to mind Marguerite Duras' The Lover” in my hometown paper @smh! Grateful to Declan Fry for reading the novel so deeply 🙏🌊 @AllenAndUnwin https://t.co/Lyb4cLPYHe https://t.co/zgECkyyIrL

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Praise for this book

"Powerful, authentic, completely successful . . . perfect."
--The New York Times Book Review

"An exquisite jewel of a novel, as multifaceted as a diamond, as seamless and polished as a pearl."
--Boston Herald

"A vivid, lingering novel . . . a brilliant work of art."
--Cleveland Plain Dealer

What people are saying

Mentioner image for: Elle
Elle
1 year

"This is one of my favorite novels of all times. Perfection from beginning to end and I return to it often."

– Roxane Gay is an author, professor and social commentator.
elle.com
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Francesca Peacock
@cesca_peacock
2 years

Francesca Peacock is an art, book, and culture writer.

Utterly obsessed with / spellbound by the opening passage of Marguerite Duras’s L’ Amant / The Lover ✨ https://t.co/Ry8u1puhwM

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