by Marguerite Duras · Tusquets Editores S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788472231139
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The characters in this novel spend their holidays in Italy, by the sea, under a scorching heat. Two couples, one of whom has a child who could well be the central character of the book, no longer know for sure where their capacity for love is. Everything seems to immobilize in the torpor of that narrow beach, even the drama that has just broken out and even the temptation of a love affair. However, suddenly and unexpectedly, everything seems to move again under the trembling Etruscan frescoes of the necropolis of Tarquinia. This work conveys the certainty that absolute love is both necessary and impossible.
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.
