The Lover

by Marguerite Duras (Author), Marguerite Duras (Author)

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  2007

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  A sensational international bestseller, and winner of Frances' 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 and simply unforgettable.