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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 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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"Powerful, authentic, completely successful . . . perfect."
--The New York Times Book Review "An exquisite jewel of a novel, as multifaceted as a diamond, as seamless and polished as a pearl."
--Boston Herald
"A vivid, lingering novel . . . a brilliant work of art."
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--The New York Times Book Review "An exquisite jewel of a novel, as multifaceted as a diamond, as seamless and polished as a pearl."
--Boston Herald
"A vivid, lingering novel . . . a brilliant work of art."
--Cleveland Plain Dealer
'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, and winner of Frances’ coveted Prix Goncourt, 'The Lover' is disturbing, erotic, masterly. Here is an unforgettable portrayal of the incandescent relationship between the lovers, and of the hate that slowly tears the girl’s family apart.
'The Lover' has been made into a major film, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud and starring Jane March and Tony Leung. An alternative version of the events described in the novel is given in Marguerite Duras’s 'The North China Lover', also published by Flamingo.
“Rarely have I read a novel so flawlessly written”
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“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
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- PublisherPantheon
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0375400850
- ISBN 13 9780375400858
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages117
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