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Marguerite Duras' novella The Lover is the semi-autobiographical story of her childhood, growing up in Vietnam. Her parents were teachers, and her father died young. The mother stays in Vietnam with the children, where they live lives in poverty and struggle with her mental illness. She is remote, and inattentive to the children. To make things worse for Ms. Duras, her older brother steals everything they have to support his drug habit. At age 15, the girl becomes a lover to an older Chinese man
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I am not sure if I missed something or what but I don't think book was all it was made out to be. It was a very quick read though.
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Autobiographical story of growing up in Vietnam. Her parents are teachers. The father dies and the mother stays. They are poor. The mother has a mental illness and doesn't really pay attention to the children. The oldest son steals everything from the family to support his drug habit. The girl, age 15, becomes a lover to a Chinese male.There is no connectivity to anything. She write emotionless and describes sex as something she is observing. Is she actually being sexually abused to support the
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Apr 07, 2013
Diane
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Kai Coates
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it was amazing
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