by Marguerite Duras · El Pais. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788489669222
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«El amante» is the novel by Marguerite Duras, published by El País in hardcover (154 pages, in Spanish).
An autobiographical novel set in French Indochina: a young French woman and an older, wealthy Chinese man live a relationship marked by desire, age difference, and cultural and social barriers, in a narrative that interweaves memory, identity, and the protagonist's gaze on her own life.
Originally published in French as L'Amant in 1984, it won the Prix Goncourt; it is the first title in the series The Lover.
Aimed at readers interested in twentieth-century French literature, autobiographical fiction, and contemporary classics.
Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu, known as Marguerite Duras, was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film Hiroshima mon amour (1959) earned her a nomination for Best Original Screenplay at the Academy Awards.
