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The Lover by Marguerite Duras
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The Lover

Marguerite Duras, Barbara Bray, Maxine Hong Kingston

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · 1998-09-08

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Who It's For

  • Good for readers who enjoy Literary Criticism / European / French
  • Good for readers interested in english
  • Strong fit for readers who prefer grounded, real-world context.

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  • Themes: History, Historical, Literature.
  • Reading lane: European and World Literature.
  • Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.

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  • Literary Criticism / European / French

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  • Literary Collections / European / French

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  • FICTION / World Literature / American / 21st Century

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About This Book

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 emp...

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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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