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A modern classic and international bestseller with more than one million copies in print, The Lover has been celebrated by critics and readers across the globe since its first publication in 1984. Set in the prewar Indochina of Marguerite Duras's 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. This edition of The Lover includes a new introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen that looks back at Duras's iconic work, winner of France’s Prix Goncourt, as it approaches its fortieth anniversary in print.
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The Lover, Marguerite Duras
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- Released
- 1998
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- Title
- The Lover
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Marguerite Duras
- Publisher
- Pantheon
- Released
- 1998
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0375700528
- ISBN13
- 9780375700521
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Romance, Contemporary Fiction, Contemporary Romance, France, Military Fiction, Literary Fiction, French Literature, Adapted for Film, Asia, China, Jewish Literature, Israel, Autobiographical Novels, Israeli Literature, Lovers, Goncourt Prize, Hebrew Literature, Indochina
- First published
- 1984
- Original title
- L'Amant
- Rating
- 3.7 out of 5
- Description
- A modern classic and international bestseller with more than one million copies in print, The Lover has been celebrated by critics and readers across the globe since its first publication in 1984. Set in the prewar Indochina of Marguerite Duras's 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. This edition of The Lover includes a new introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen that looks back at Duras's iconic work, winner of France’s Prix Goncourt, as it approaches its fortieth anniversary in print.