The Lover by Marguerite Duras
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Book Reviews of The Lover
Book Review: All time favorite!
Summary: 5 Stars
I had been watching this movie over and over for years, ever since it came out, and finally noticed the book here on Amazon. I was so excited! It has always been my favorite story, and now I treasure the book in my home. Truly an amazing story, you never need to know their names, as the characters they portray speak for themselves. The style in which it is written is just beautiful to me, and I love reading the book over and over just as I enjoyed watching the movie. I still cry at the end.Book Review: Lost Love
Summary: 5 Stars
I first saw the movie for this book. One of my all time favorites, I highly recommend seeing it. I was drawn into this book, into the life the girl lived. The sensuality, the loss, and then the memories.
Still one of my favorite books to read, after reading it over and over again.
I wonder if Marguerite Duras lover still thinks of her, i wonder if losing him, is what made her life so hard.
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I Review: This is a book for those who have a unrequited love
Summary: 5 Stars I love this book. It's not written from the movie THE LOVER 1992 but from the author's own view of her life in Indochina as a young teen and her family and her Chinese lover. It's a beautiful love story but sad in the end. If you have a love who you could not be with in life, then you could relate to this book. It's also great to watch the movie THE LOVER which the movie was based on. Not for children or young teen because of subject matter.
Book Review: Sumptuous story
Summary: 5 Stars
The prose is stark at times, making this classic all the more intriguing. The narrator seems at once affected and numb, young but not naive. It is said to be a slice of the actual author's life, and certainly it seems to have been written from a place of truth and pain. The movie differs greatly from the book and is enjoyable as its own entity, but if you liked the film, read the original -- much more affecting.Book Review: A Book For Writers
Summary: 5 Stars
It's not that Duras threw away the rules, but how well she understood them and knew how to use them.The book starts out using Historical Present Tense to create a particular feeling in the reader, and when our heroine becomes too emotionally engaged, Duras creates a feeling of withdrawl by switching from First Person to Third Person.
This is brilliance, and greatly unappreciated.