by Marguerite Duras · FRANCE LOISIRS / P.O.L · tapa dura · ISBN 9782724264241
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«La pluie d'été» (La lluvia de verano) is the novel by Marguerite Duras, published by France Loisirs / P.O.L in hardcover (151 pages, in French).
It recounts the life of a large, impoverished immigrant family in Vitry, on the outskirts of Paris. Ernesto, a boy who leaves school because he does not wish to learn what he does not yet know, anchors a story about marginality, sibling love, the search for knowledge, and family intimacy as a refuge from an indifferent society.
The novel was originally published in 1990.
For readers of contemporary French fiction and for those seeking stories about childhood and social exclusion.
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.
