Winner · Prix Goncourt 1984
The Lover
by Marguerite Duras
book by Marguerite Duras
Set in the prewar Indochina of Marguerite Duras's childhood, this is the haunting tale of a tumultuous affair between an adolescent French girl and her Chinese lover. In spare yet luminous prose, Duras evokes life on the margins of Saigon in the waning days of France's colonial empire, and its representation in the passionate relationship between two unforgettable outcasts.
Synopsis from Open Library.
- Language
- French
- Genre
- autobiographical novel
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