Book Review of the #2 North China Lover by Marguerite Duras
Name of book: The North China Lover Author Name: Marguerite Duras ISBN: 1-56584-043-7 Publisher: The New Press/New York Type of book: Adult, historical, 1930s? Vietnam, interracial, white female/asian male relationship Year it was published: 1992 Summary: Hailed in France as "an incomparable pleasure," Marguerite Duras's newest novel is a fascinating retelling of the dramatic experiences of her adolescence that have shaped her work. Far more daring and truthful than any book she has written before, it emphasizes the realities of her youth in Indochina nad reveals much that her earlier works concealed. An instant number-one bestseller in France, The North CHina Lover both shocks and entrances its readers. Initially written as notes toward a film-script for The Lover, the book has the grainy, filmic qualties of a documentary. For all who admired Duras's previous work, here is an exciting and unexpected reading of her past-a work the French critics ...