by Marguerite Duras · Kalandraka · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788416721535
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«The Lover» is one of Marguerite Duras' masterpieces. Published in 1984 when the author was 70 years old, this autobiographical and erotic novel won the Goncourt Prize and has been translated into more than 45 languages. The protagonist is a beautiful teenager of French origin who lives in Saigon, in colonial Indochina in the early 20th century. Her family is ruined and the young woman begins a complex relationship with a Chinese merchant she meets on a ferry that crosses the Mekong River.
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.
