by Marguerite Duras · P.O.L · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782867441776
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«La pluie d'été» is the novel by Marguerite Duras, published by P.O.L in paperback (151 pages, in French).
The action takes place in Vitry, on the outskirts of Paris, where an immigrant family lives marginalized. The eldest son, Ernesto, rejects school, while his sister Jeanne is the center of an obsessive love. The novel questions the pillars of social order: education, religion, and family.
The novel was published in 1990 and is linked to Les Enfants, a movie Marguerite Duras shot in Vitry.
Aimed at readers of French literature and twentieth-century narrative, as well as followers of Marguerite Duras's work.
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.
