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The Lover (Flamingo) (Paperback)

by Marguerite Duras (Author), Barbara Bray (Translator)
3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 128 pages
  • Publisher: Flamingo; New edition edition (5 Dec 1994)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0006541593
  • ISBN-13: 978-0006541592
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.2 x 0.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 78,757 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This erotic novel won the Prix Goncourt award. Set in 1930s Saigon, this is the portrayal of an incandescent relationship between a young French girl and the elegant son of a wealthy Chinese family, and of the hate that slowly tears the girl's family apart.

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best books I've ever read, 30 Nov 2004
I chanced across this book when waiting for some female friends who went to see <<Bridget Jones>> at the cinema. I finished book just as the film finished. I'm glad I read this book rather than saw that film.

A flow of consciousness embedded in romantic fatalism. Very feminine writing. It took me on a journey of youthful experimentation, of not quite knowing but knowing, of cultural conflicts, of the exotic Indo-China in that colonial era of a faded dusty yellowness.

Strongly recommended to all those who enjoy the writing of V Nabokov.

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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars pure poetry, 12 Feb 2007
By Catherine AA (Scotland) - See all my reviews
I have read this book more than once and become transported every time to the exotic Indochina and the searing romance between the young girl and the chinese man of the title. Even more beguiling than this are the tales of festering colonialism as the girl rages at her brother and mother for making her endure the poverty and shame of being both white and poor. This is a very complex book which is easy to read thanks to the style of ms Duras' writing, that of flowing poetry.
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5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A emotional, erotic, endless love story, 6 Oct 1999
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Interesting and grasping. It leaves you hanging on. In just over 100 pages you will experience every possible emotion. Strongly recommended!
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2.0 out of 5 stars Mercifully short
Thank goodness it's only 123 pages long! Incoherent, fragmented and repetitive drivel.

Neither shocking nor particularly erotic, as the critics claim. Read more
Published 1 month ago by E. Mason

3.0 out of 5 stars Not sure what to make of it!
I'm not sure what to make of this book. She writes randomly as if she's literally writing things down as they come to her head. Read more
Published 8 months ago by J. Julian

1.0 out of 5 stars dull
I agree with the title ghastly drivel. found it tedious and certainly not erotic. very disappointing
Published 19 months ago by f100

1.0 out of 5 stars Ghastly drivel
This was far and away the worst book I've read this year (if not ever). From a male perspective it was boring, confusing and stupid with a completely unsympathetic heroine. Read more
Published on 27 Oct 2007 by The Reviewer

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