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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
New Press, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
1565840437
ISBN-13
9781565840430
eBay Product ID (ePID)
207545
Product Key Features
Book Title
North China Lover : a Novel
Author
Marguerite Duras
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Literary, Biographical, Historical
Publication Year
2008
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.3in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
5.4in
Item Weight
10 oz
Additional Product Features
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
92-053729
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