- Far more daring and truthful than any of her other novels, The North China Lover is a fascinating retelling of the dramatic experiences of Duras's adolescence that shaped her most famous work. Initially conceived as notes toward a screenplay for The Lover, this later novel, written toward the end of her life, emphasizes the tougher aspects of her youth in Indochina and possesses the intimate feel of a documentary.
Both shocking and enthralling, the story Duras tells is "so powerfully imagined (or remembered) that it . . . lingers like a strong perfume" (Publishers Weekly). Hailed by the French critics as a return to "the Duras of the great books and the great days," it is a mature and complex rendering of a formative period in the author's life. - Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: The New Press; Reprint edition (1993)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1565840437
- ISBN-13: 978-1565840430
- Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.8 x 8.2 inches
Tác giả:
Marguerite Duras
