Marguerite Duras (Author of The Lover)

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Marguerite Duras

Born

in Gia 膼峄媙h, Cochinchina, French Indochina, Viet Nam

April 04, 1914

Died

March 03, 1996

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Cinema, Nonfiction

Influences

Ernest Hemingway, Virginia Woolf, Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre ...more

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Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu , known as Marguerite Duras, was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film Hiroshima mon amour (1959) earned her a nomination for Best Original Screenplay at the Academy Awards.

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	The Lover by Marguerite Duras, Maxine Hong Kingston (Introduction), Barbara Bray (Translator) 3.71 avg rating — 66,939 ratings — published 1984 — 285 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hiroshima mon amour by Marguerite Duras, Caridad Mart铆nez (Translator) 3.88 avg rating — 6,758 ratings — published 1959 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moderato cantabile 3.49 avg rating — 6,524 ratings — published 1958 — 81 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ravishing of Lol Stein 3.60 avg rating — 5,801 ratings — published 1964 — 84 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Un barrage contre le Pacifique 3.76 avg rating — 4,444 ratings — published 1950 — 85 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The War 3.86 avg rating — 4,099 ratings — published 1985 — 107 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The North China Lover (The Lover, #2) by Marguerite Duras, Leigh Hafrey (Translator) 3.81 avg rating — 3,891 ratings — published 1991 — 64 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Writing by Marguerite Duras, Mark Polizzotti (Translator) 3.66 avg rating — 3,859 ratings — published 1993 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Malady of Death by Marguerite Duras, Barbara Bray (Translator) 3.80 avg rating — 3,284 ratings — published 1982 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blue Eyes, Black Hair 3.43 avg rating — 3,094 ratings — published 1986 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Lover (2 books)
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Leigh Hafrey (Translator)

3.72 avg rating — 70,813 ratings

Boeken van Liefde en Lust (1 book)
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Maxine Hong Kingston (Introduction),

Barbara Bray (Translator)

3.71 avg rating — 66,922 ratings

Outside (2 books)
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艗uvres compl猫tes (4 books)
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Quotes by Marguerite Duras (?)

“Our mothers always remain the strangest, craziest people we've ever met.”
― Marguerite Duras

tags: mothers

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“Very early in my life it was too late.”
― Marguerite Duras, The Lover

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“...as long as nothing happens between them, the memory is cursed with what hasn't happened.”
― Marguerite Duras, Blue Eyes, Black Hair

tags: lust, waiting

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