It has been translated to 43 languages and was awarded the 1984 prix goncourt. One of frances 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. My father had said, if i read it every day, i would learn about the world around us, and his boy would become a man. Set in the prewar indochina of marguerite durass childhood, this is the haunting tale of a tumultuous affair between an adolescent french girl and her chinese. The lover by marguerite duras was published in 1984, when the author was seventy years old. Marguerite durass the lover, and notebooks that enrich it. Marguerite duras has such a vivid way of telling the story that i was immediately drawn in. Apr 23, 2014 marguerite duras erotic masterpiece the lover is the subject of a may 12 another look book discussion in her centennial year. A book that becomes one of the best sellers she had written. The lover by duras marguerite5124 a man called ove. Both the book and the film are set in french indochina and tell the love story of a french young girl and a chinese man in 1929. The lover by duras marguerite free ebooks download.
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