by Marguerite Duras · Tusquets Editores S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788472233430
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In 'The Malady of Death', Marguerite Duras explores the devastating impotence of love through the story of a man who hires a young woman in search of a vital connection. However, in intimacy, the young woman only perceives in him the death throes of an inescapable death. With concise and profound prose, Duras addresses themes of loneliness, desire, and the desperate search for meaning in life.
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.
