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.
A sensational international bestseller, and winner of Frances' coveted Prix Goncourt, 'The Lover' is an unforgettable portrayal of the incandescent...
Die erste Liebe eines jungen europischen Mdchens zu einem doppelt so alten chinesischen Mann: Eine heikle, zwischen Liebe und Prostitution schwankende Geschichte ohne Scham, ohne Stolz und ohne eine Spur von Koketterie ... Mag jeder dieses Buch auf seine Weise verstehen.
Die erste Liebe eines jungen europischen Mdchens zu einem doppelt so alten chinesischen Mann: Eine heikle, zwischen Liebe und Prostitution schwankende...
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Ja, sie ist sehr hei, die Kste am Pazifik, unertrglich hei. Die Ebene ist sumpfig, die Wste unfruchtbar. Und die Menschen sind bitterarm. Alle drei, d...
Writing, one of Marguerite Duras's last works, is a meditation on the process of writing and on her need for solitude in order to do it. In the five short pieces collected in this volume, she explores experiences that had an emotional impact on her and that inspired her to write. These vary from the death of a pilot in World War II, to the death of a fly, to an art exhibition. Two of the pieces were made into documentary films, and one was originally a short film. Both autobiographical and fictional, like much of her work, Writing displays Duras's unique worldview and...
Writing, one of Marguerite Duras's last works, is a meditation on the process of writing and on her need for solitude in order to do it. In ...
A young woman, working as a childminder for a living, takes her charge out to play in a Parisian garden square. Sitting on a bench, she starts talking to a stranger, a travelling salesman, and their conversation gradually turns into an exchange of confidences, as she speaks of her desire for a more stable future and he of his feelings of rootlessness and disillusionment. As the afternoon wears on, the two sense an increasing connection between them. Understated and impressionistic, and consisting almost entirely of dialogue, The Garden Square is one of Marguerite Duras's finest novels,...
A young woman, working as a childminder for a living, takes her charge out to play in a Parisian garden square. Sitting on a bench, she starts talking...
