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.
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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.
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‘Rarely have I read a novel so flawlessly written.’ Spectator ‘Very beautiful, highly intelligent, enjoyable and original.’ Sunday Times ‘Perfect, a “tour de force”…accessible in the way Thomas Mann’s “Death in Venice” or D.M. Thomas’s “The White Hotel” are accessible…dealing successfully with the strong themes of erotic love and death.’ New York Times Book Review ‘A spectacular success.’ Edmund White
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Includes PS Section • A sensational international bestseller and winner of France’s coveted Prix Goncourt • It was made into a major film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud and starring Jane March and Tony Leung. Competition: Hunger Games; Hunger Games; Memories Of My Melancholy Whores (Marquez 2014); The Quiet American; Saigon; River Of Time. Gabriel Garcia Marquez;Graham Greene; Anthony Grey; Jon Swain; Arthur Schnitzler;
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780007205004
Publisert
2006-01-16
Utgiver
Vendor
HarperPerennial
Vekt
110 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
10 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
128

Forfatter

Biographical note

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.