by Marguerite Duras · Edicions 62 · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788429738124
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«Un dic contra el Pacífic» is the novel by Marguerite Duras, published by Edicions 62 in paperback (240 pages, in Catalan).
A novel of autobiographical inspiration set in colonial Indochina. Suzanne, her mother, and her brother Joseph form a family of impoverished French settlers struggling to survive in a hostile environment; to secure their future, the mother tries to marry the young woman to a wealthy land speculator.
Original title: «Un barrage contre le Pacifique» (1950). Catalan edition from the MOLU s.XX - Les Millors Obres collection, translated by Maria Aurèlia Capmany.
An early work by Marguerite Duras that introduced her to the general public; suits readers of classic fiction and twentieth-century French literature.
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.
