by Marguerite Duras · Folio · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070387052
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«La Pluie d'été» is the novel by Marguerite Duras, published by Folio in paperback (160 pages, in French).
Ernesto, a child from a poor immigrant family, turns out to be a genius despite his surroundings. The close intimacy with his sister Jeanne becomes the axis of the story, while unemployment and hardship mark family life. The novel explores the complexity of those bonds and the passage from childhood, with the summer rain as a backdrop.
Volume A38705 of the Folio collection appeared in March 1994; the work was originally published in 1990.
For readers of twentieth-century French literature interested in short, intimate novels about childhood and family.
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.
