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The Lover

Marguerite Duras

132 pages

About this book

Back in print in paperback, "an exquisite jewel of a novel, as multifaceted as a diamond, as seamless and polished as a pearl" ("Boston Herald"). This edition includes an Introduction by Maxine Hong Kingston that looks back at Duras's world from an intriguing new perspective--that of a visitor to Vietnam today.

Themes
Melancholic & NostalgicSteamy & PassionateHeartbreakingDreamlike & SurrealThought-ProvokingMemory's deceptive fluidityColonial power dynamicsForbidden cross-cultural desire
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