L'amant by Marguerite Duras

L'amant

Marguerite Duras

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L'Amant est une autofiction française (un roman en partie autobiographique) de Marguerite Duras publiée en 1984 aux éditions de Minuit. Il valut à son auteur le prix Goncourt la même année et le prix Ritz-Paris-Hemingway (meilleur roman publié en anglais) en 1986.

L’Amant (roman). (2021, May 3). In wikipedia. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Amant_(roman)

The Lover (French: L'Amant) is an autobiographical novel by Marguerite Duras, published in 1984 by Les Éditions de Minuit. It has been translated into 43 languages and was awarded the 1984 Prix Goncourt. It was adapted to film in 1992 as The Lover.

Wikipedia contributors. (2021b, June 5). The Lover (Duras novel). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lover_(Duras_novel)

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Suggested by 1 French learners

This is a great book, based in part on the author's own life. As a young girl, she has a secret relationship with an older man, and the story will have you gripped throughout and is beautifully written in clear French.

Noah