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The Lover

by Marguerite Duras, Barbara Bray
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Unique Intense passion and cultural conflict in colonial Saigon.

This book is a captivating exploration of love and desire, set against the backdrop of colonial Saigon. The author beautifully captures the intensity of the relationship between a young French girl and a Chinese man, as well as the cultural and societal barriers that threaten to tear them apart. The story is filled with raw emotions and provides a thought-provoking look at the complexities of love amidst social constraints. An enchanting read for those who crave an evocative tale of forbidden love.

  • Prix Goncourt (1984)
  • PEN Translation Prize for Prose for Barbara Bray (1986)
  • Prix Ritz-Paris-Hemingway (1986)
  • Scott Moncrieff Prize for Barbara Bray (1986)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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The Lover

by Marguerite Duras, Barbara Bray
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ISBN: 9780006541592
Authors: Marguerite Duras, Barbara Bray
Publisher: Flamingo Books/HarperCollins Publishers
Date of Publication: 1986-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance
Related Topics: Classics, French Literature, Literature, Classics
Goodreads rating: 3.73
(rated by 55255 readers)

Description

An international best-seller with more than one million copies in print, The Lover has been acclaimed by critics all over the world. 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 the waning days of France's colonial empire.This edition includes an introduction by Maxine Hong Kingston that looks back at Duras's world from an intriguing new perspective -- that of a visitor to Vietnam today.
 

Unique Intense passion and cultural conflict in colonial Saigon.

This book is a captivating exploration of love and desire, set against the backdrop of colonial Saigon. The author beautifully captures the intensity of the relationship between a young French girl and a Chinese man, as well as the cultural and societal barriers that threaten to tear them apart. The story is filled with raw emotions and provides a thought-provoking look at the complexities of love amidst social constraints. An enchanting read for those who crave an evocative tale of forbidden love.

  • Prix Goncourt (1984)
  • PEN Translation Prize for Prose for Barbara Bray (1986)
  • Prix Ritz-Paris-Hemingway (1986)
  • Scott Moncrieff Prize for Barbara Bray (1986)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.