by Marguerite Duras · Belin - Gallimard · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782701158204
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«Un barrage contre le Pacifique» is the novel by Marguerite Duras, published by Belin-Gallimard in paperback (352 pages, in French).
The novel is set in Indochina in the 1920s: a ruined mother tries to farm a concession that the ocean floods and builds useless dykes against the Pacific, while her children Suzanne and Joseph seek to escape poverty. Autobiographically inspired, the story denounces the injustice of the colonial system.
2011 edition of the ClassicoLycée collection, number 67, with complete text and dossier to prepare for the Bac.
Edition aimed at French-speaking high school students preparing for the baccalauréat, with analysis material and study support.
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.
