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The Garden Square by Marguerite Duras; Sonia Pitt-Rivers (Translator); Anne Borchardt (Translator); Irina Morduch (Translator)
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A young woman, working as a childminder for a living, takes her charge out to play in a Parisian garden square. Sitting on a bench, she starts talking to a stranger, a travelling salesman, and their conversation gradually turns into an exchange of confidences, as she speaks of her desire for a more stab ...Show more
The Lover by Marguerite Duras
Category: No Category | Series: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
A sensational international bestseller, and winner of Frances' coveted Prix Goncourt, 'The Lover' is an unforgettable portrayal of the incandescent relationship between two lovers, and of the hate that slowly tears the girl's family apart. Saigon, 1930s: a poor young French girl meets the elegant son of ...Show more
The Lover, Wartime Notebooks, Practicalities by Marguerite Duras
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Marguerite Duras was one of the leading intellectuals and novelist of post-war France, but her wartime writings were not published in full until after her death. The Wartime Notebooks trace Duras's formative experiences - including her difficult childhood in Indochina and her harrowing wait for her husb ...Show more
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