Marguerite Duras
The Lover
128 pages
Paperback
To celebrate the exhibition I Am The Last Woman Object at Camden Art Centre, we offer Nicola L.'s reading list compiled by Christophe and David Lanzenberg.
Saigon, 1930s: a poor young French girl meets the elegant son of a wealthy Chinese family. Soon they are lovers, locked into a private world of passion and intensity that defies all the conventions of their society.
A sensational international bestseller, 'The Lover' is disturbing, erotic, masterly and simply unforgettable.