Author: Marguerite Duras
Year: 1991
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Romance, Romance
Culture: France
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9781565840430
1565840437 |
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Far more daring and truthful than any of her other novels,
is a fascinating retelling of the dramatic experiences of Duras's adolescence that shaped her most famous work. Initially conceived as notes toward a screenplay for
, this later novel, written toward the end of her life, emphasizes the tougher aspects of her youth in Indochina and possesses the intimate feel of a documentary.
Both shocking and enthralling, the story Duras tells is "so powerfully imagined (or remembered) that it . . . lingers like a strong perfume" (
). Hailed by the French critics as a return to "the Duras of the great books and the great days," it is a mature and complex rendering of a formative period in the author's life.
This book is part of the "The Lover" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "Gabriel's Woman"
First published in 2001
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 | "The Lover"
First published in 1984
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