by Marguerite Duras · Tusquets Editores S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483108130
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L'amant is an autobiographical novel by French writer Marguerite Duras, published in 1984 and winner of the Goncourt Prize. The story tells of the love affair between a fifteen-year-old French girl and a wealthy Chinese merchant in French Indochina in the 1930s. The novel explores themes such as desire, age difference, cultural barriers, and the complexity of human relationships. With evocative and sensual prose, Duras immerses the reader in a world of forbidden passions and intense memories.
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.
