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The Perennial Collection - The Lover

The Perennial Collection - The Lover

by Marguerite Duras (Author)

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    Paperback 2008

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    Paperback 2007

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Synopsis

A sensational international bestseller, and winner of France's coveted Prix Goncourt, 'The Lover' is an unforgettable portrayal of the incandescent relationship between two lovers, and of the hate that slowly tears the girl's family apart. Saigon, 1930s: a poor young French girl meets the elegant son of a wealthy Chinese family. Soon they are lovers, locked into a private world of passion and intensity that defies all the conventions of their society. A sensational international bestseller, 'The Lover' is disturbing, erotic, masterly. Here is an unforgettable portrayal of the incandescent relationship between the lovers, and of the hate that slowly tears the girl's family apart.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 144
 Edition: (Reissue)
 Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 04 Feb 2008
ISBN 10: 0007268297
ISBN 13: 9780007268290

Media Reviews
'Rarely have I read a novel so flawlessly written.' Spectator 'Very beautiful, highly intelligent, enjoyable and original.' Sunday Times 'Perfect, a 'tour de force'!accessible in the way Thomas Mann's 'Death in Venice' or D.M. Thomas's 'The White Hotel' are accessible!dealing successfully with the strong themes of erotic love and death.' New York Times Book Review 'A spectacular success.' Edmund White
Author Bio
Marguerite Duras was one of Europe's most distinguished writers. The author of many novels and screenplays, she is perhaps best known outside France for her filmscript 'Hiroshima Mon Amour' and her Prix Goncourt-winning novel 'The Lover', also filmed. Her other books include 'La Doleur', 'Blue Eyes Black Hair', 'Summer Rain' and 'The North China Lover'. Born in Indochina in 1914, Marguerite Duras died in 1996.