Read the lover by marguerite duras available from rakuten kobo. Exoticismeroticism in marguerite durass the lover and the sea wal. Name a current literary trend, and the french writer marguerite duras almost certainly got to it first and took it. An international bestseller with more than one million copies in print and a winner of. Marguerite duras has 194 books on goodreads with 178698 ratings. The life and loves of marguerite duras the new york times. I was 29 when i first read marguerite durass 1984 masterpiece, the lover, translated from the french by barbara bray. The story of the family is clearly the primary story of the book, entirely.
Key theories of marguerite duras literary theory and criticism. A companion to film theory ebook a companion to film theory pdf a. Stanford book club spotlights marguerite duras the lover. Ii, heterosexual love, the pain of losing a child, of losing a male lover, of being betrayed. Discussion of themes and motifs in marguerite duras the lover. Marguerite durass the lover, and notebooks that enrich. The lover harper perennial modern classics english edition ebook. Wartime notebooks by marguerite duras, translated by linda coverdale 336pp, maclehose press, pounds 19. Marguerite duras worn out with desire to write 1985 duration. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. A revelation and a confrontation in equal measure, it was as if i had burst. The work of marguerite duras is marked by repetition.
In 1984, duras received the prix goncourt for her novel, the lover. Buy the lover by marguerite duras online at alibris. The lover ebook by marguerite duras 9780307801203 rakuten. It was more than natural that marguerite durass intergeneric art proved to be for me the most. Published in 1984, lamant the lover is a novel based on the reallife story of its author, french writer marguerite duras. Though the protagonist, a 15yearold girl, a remains unnamed, its. Rethinking the language of pain in the works of marguerite duras. The lover harper perennial modern classics english edition. I have ever read from duras and that includes the magnificent the lover. Set in the prewar indochina of marguerite durass childhood, this is the haunting. Duras novel was also known as an autobiographical novel as it was based on her early life spent in indochina where she met leo, the chinese man of her story. Paperback published in 1998, paperback published in 1987, 0060970405 paperback published in 1986, 9179532896 audio cd.
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