Marguerite Duras

4 summariesHistorical Fiction, Romance, Literary Fiction

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.

Books by Marguerite Duras

4 books available

The Lover
Marguerite Duras
3.7 (36k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction
In the steamy, colonial streets of 1920s Saigon, a penniless French girl's forbidden affair with a wealthy Chinese man ignites a passionate, destructive awakening that will haunt her for a lifetime.
The Ravishing of Lol Stein
Marguerite Duras
3.6 (3k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
Haunted by the public loss of her fiancé years ago, a beautiful woman orchestrates and spies on an affair between her friend and a lover, seeking to reclaim or re-enact her own forgotten pain through their stolen moments.
The North China Lover
Marguerite Duras
3.9 (2k) average on GoodreadsRomance
In the steamy heat of Indochina, a French girl's illicit affair with a wealthy Chinese man becomes a raw, unvarnished exploration of forbidden desire and the harsh realities that forged a legendary writer.
The War
Marguerite Duras
3.9 (2k) average on GoodreadsBiography
In this raw memoir, Marguerite Duras reveals the Nazi occupation of Paris, showing the harrowing intimacy of survival, resistance, and personal sacrifice through nursing her emaciated husband back from Bergen-Belsen and her dangerous connection with a Gestapo officer.