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May 03, 2015 the lover is narrated by helene lagonelle, a french woman looking back on her life in indochina now vietnam and, in particular, the romance she had with a wealthy chinese man in 1929 when she was just 15. My father had said, if i read it every day, i would learn about the world around us, and his boy would become a man. Descargar epub gratis del autor marguerite duras pagina 2. Duras, when writing the novel, drew upon certain aspects from her childhood in saigon. The lover was awarded the french goncourt prize in 1984. An international bestseller with more than one million copies in print and a winner of.
A world where civility is forgotten and the value of life is a thing of the past. The strength of the novel is in the underlying despair of the narrators triangulated memories. Her 1959 film hiroshima mon amour earned her a nomination for best original screenplay at the academy awards. In spare yet luminous prose, duras evokes life on the margins of saigon in the waning days of frances colonial empire, and its representation in the passionate relationship between two unforgettable outcasts.
The narrative voice the reader hears is of an older woman reflecting on her past. The lover isbn 9780375700521 pdf epub marguerite duras. Truth and memory in two works by marguerite duras by rachel deborah hunter a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master of arts in french thesis committee. Stanford book club spotlights marguerite duras the lover. Writing kindle edition by duras, marguerite, polizzotti, mark. Its largely based on the authors own life she was born in saigon now ho chi minh city to french parents who had emigrated. Set in the prewar indochina of marguerite durass childhood, this is the haunting tale of a tumultuous affair between an adolescent french girl and her chinese lover in the waning days of frances colonial empire. Buy the lover book online at low prices in india the lover. I was 29 when i first read marguerite durass 1984 masterpiece, the lover, translated from the french by barbara bray. Marguerite durass the lover, and notebooks that enrich. Anyway, blakey vermeule will lead the discussion, with paula moya and stephen seligman, who is a psychiatrist and professor from ucsan francisco. Have not added any epub format description on the lover. On the other hand, marguerite duras chooses to tell the narrative from the point of view of the young protagonist, a 15yearold girl with a dysfunctional family and lowerclass background. Her 27yearold lover, the son of prominent chinese businessman, mimics humberts obsessive attachment to his nameless paramour.
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