The Lover
An international bestseller with more than one million copies in print and a winner of France's Prix Goncourt, The Lover" has been acclaimed by critics all over the world since its first publication in 1984. Set in the pre-war Indochina of Marguerite Duras' childhood, this is the haunting tale of a tumultuous affair between an adolescent French girl and her Chinese lover. In spare yet luminous prose, Duras evokes life on the margins of Saigon in the waning days of France's colonial empire, and its representation in the passionate relationship between two unforgettable outcasts.
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I first read this book in college in a French lit class and it blew me away. That a narrow little book could contain so much— such rich characters, such a unique voice, so much yearning— it stunned me. I never can pinpoint the moment I wanted to be a writer, because I was always writing. But this is maybe the first book I wished I had written.
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