The Lover by Marguerite Duras
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Book Reviews of The Lover
Book Review: Like a dream put into words
Summary: 5 Stars
The Lover by Marguerite Duras is the tale of a young girl's first lover but it is also the tale of her distraught, insane mother and overbearing older broter. The novel's prose is sparse and surreal, almost dream-like. Although the novel is set in the past, its themes of alienation and lost love are quite modern and any intelligent reader can identify with this book.Book Review: Poetry in Prose
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of the most beautifully written pieces of art! The story is very personal but it is the execution which is exquisite, and makes the story so. More impressionistic than the more detailed North China Lover, which was written after the success of The Lover, it is also more evocative. Very unique writing style.Book Review: Like a thin memory...
Summary: 5 Stars
Almost stream-of-consciousness. Beautiful and lyrical and sad.Makes you think about what life is all about and what will happen as we age and face death. Very beautiful and somewhat erotic.
The movie is beautiful and erotic as well. I recommend both.
Book Review: Favourite.
Summary: 5 Stars
This is my favourite book ever. (Okay, it's tied with Winnie the Pooh, but it's still sitting pretty at number 1.) Why do I love this book? Because it is simple, beautiful, and heartbreaking; one long poem to a long-ago love.Book Review: Say more with less.
Summary: 5 Stars
Duras articulates so beautifully everything I feel, but cannot find the words to say. For me, this is close to perfection. The beauty in her prose lays in what is not said, in what can only be felt.