The Lover
by Marguerite Duras
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Author: Marguerite DurasEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1998-09-08
ISBN: 0375700528
Number of pages: 128
Publisher: Pantheon
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- The Lover
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- First Edition
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- gelatine plate paper
Book Reviews of The Lover
Book Review: "The Lover" as a beautiful, mnemonic masterpiece
Summary: 5 Stars
I guess I'm writing this in response to some other reviews. I don't find "The Lover" "difficult to read," "totally orgasmic," or "completely lacking in plot." I read this incredible, lyrical book as if the narrator were sitting across from me in a quiet room, late at night, telling me softly about something beautiful that happened to her earlier in her life and has imbued her life hauntingly ever since. True, the novel doesn't follow ordinary chronological plot patterns. Nor would you, if you were to sit down with me, and tell me something beautiful and powerful from out of your childhood, because memory isn't constructed that way. You might talk to me for ten minutes about something from when you were 12, pause, find your own discussion taking you to something from when you were 10, and two minutes later, you might have to explain something slightly off-track again about a character you've just mentioned for the first time. So you see, it is the traditional chronological plot narrative that is unnatural. Duras' method is not only more natural, it is more personal and intimate, and helps give that feeling that her narrator is sitting across from you, sharing some beautiful memory with you. Nor is the book "orgasmic." Duras' writing is erotically charged as much from its misty veils of restraint as from that French way of thinking philosophically about love and sex. Please don't read this for a quick thrill. You will start out with the wrong frame of mind, will grow impatient, and will miss the overwhelming beauty of this wonderful novel.
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