Lover. Black Hair, Green Eyes (Modern and Contemporary World Literature Series)

Author: Marguerite Duras (France)
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Publish Date: 1998-02-01
Features: Marguerite Duras won the Goncourt Prize in 1984 for her novel L’Amant. The year before, it sold 4.2 million copies and was translated into 42 languages. L’Amant, starring the film legend Tony Leung Ka-fai, left countless movie fans in awe. On the day she left her Chinese lover 54 years ago, he had passed away 12 years prior. Her fear of writing about him had vanished. Words flowed effortlessly, and she had to write quickly to capture them before they faded. The words came on their own. "L’Amant is a savage book. It brings everything it encounters, with little distinction, almost without choice." Wang Daquan’s translation reads with a poetic charm, bringing the story of L’Amant back to life before your eyes.