I, the slave and the lover

Author: (French) Jean-André Yann
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Publishing Date: 2000-01-01
Features: Jean-André Yann – the young lover of the aging Marguerite Duras, who began accompanying her in the summer of 1980. In 1992, he published "My Lover, Marguerite Duras," and "I, Slave and Lover" is his second work of recollections about Duras, published in the fall of 1999. It was soon nominated for the French Women's Literature Award and the Médicis Award in the same year. In this book, the author reveals some little-known secrets about Duras before and after her death, telling how he struggled with loneliness and despair in the days without her. The book is emotionally moving and not only highly readable but also a valuable resource for studying Duras's late-career works. Because for the last ten years of Duras's life, Jean-André was her only companion.