The lover.

The lover.

By
Duras, Marguerite.

Publication Date
1997

Subject Term
Teenage girls -- Fiction.
 
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.

Genre
Historical fiction.

Additional Contributors
Bray, Barbara.

Summary
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.

Language
English

ISBN
9780375700521


LibraryCollectionCollectionCall Number
St. John's - A.C. HunterADULT FIC SC - BASEMENTAdult Fiction Softcover - BasementFIC DUR