My earlier read had been influenced by comparisons with Kim Thúy's Ru (original 2009) and in 2023 I still have the same rating. This re-read left me with the same impression. I did review The Lover from a paperback edition in my early GR days with a 3-star rating. Image sourced from a film review at The Ace Black Movie Blog. This was a 2023 re-read instigated by my recent reading of Thuáºn's Chinatown (2005 original/2022 translation), which makes regular references to the Duras book and also has some parallels to her book's plot (the protagonist's love of a Chinese man living in Vietnam).Īctor Jane March as The Young Girl in the 1992 film adaptation of 'The Lover'. She’s against it, it’s not worthy, it’s not real work, it’s nonsense. She says grimly, When you’ve got your math degree you can write if you like, it won’t be anything to do with me then. Then she asks, Write what? I say, Books, novels. I’ve already told my mother: That’s what I want to do—write. Review of the Pantheon Books Kindle eBook (July 6, 2011) translated by Barbara Bray|25484] from the French language original "L'Amant" (1984)
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