The Lover

Author(s): Marguerite Duras

Fiction

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.


Product Information

Marguerite Duras is the author of many novels and screenplays, including the film script for Hiroshima, Mon Amour. One of France's most important literary figures, Duras died in Paris in 1996.


"From the Hardcover edition."

General Fields

  • : 9780375700521
  • : Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
  • : Random House Inc
  • : 0.145
  • : June 1998
  • : 204mm X 133mm X 11mm
  • : United States
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Marguerite Duras
  • : Paperback
  • : English
  • : 843.912
  • : 128