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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.
Author Biography
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.
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