The Lover by Marguerite Duras
This erotic novel won the Prix Goncourt award. Set in 1930s Saigon, this is the portrayal of an incandescent relationship between a young French girl and the elegant son of a wealthy Chinese family, and of the hate that slowly tears the girl's family apart.Marguerite Duras was one of Europe’s most distinguished writers. The author of many novels and screenplays, she is perhaps best known outside France for her filmscript Hiroshima Mon Amour and her Prix Goncourt-winning novel THE LOVER, also filmed. Her other books include LA DOLEUR, BLUE EYES BLACK HAIR, SUMMER RAIN and THE NORTH CHINA LOVER. Born in Indochina in 1914, Marguerite Duras died in 1996.
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ISBN 13 | 9780006541592 |
ISBN 10 | 0006541593 |
Title | The Lover |
Author | Marguerite Duras |
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Binding type | Paperback |
Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
Year published | 1994-12-05 |
Number of pages | 128 |
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