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For this week’s blog post, I read the novel “The Lover” by Marguerite Duras. To start, I feel as if I have many thoughts and opinions on this book but in some sense do not know how to articulate them as there is a lot to say. So, I am going to start from the […] read full post >>

As we progress through our course and look at more “modernised” literature, this one appears to be the most prevalent thus far. With the narrator being able to attend school and facing less sexism (comparatively) , this seemed like a significant step forward from the previous novels we have read. Perhaps some of these chances […] read full post >>

“The Lover” by Marguerite Duras was a book I actually really liked. Although I had anticipated to hate this book just from the context given in class it really caught me by surprise. The narrator’s perspective of the story is what caught my attention. In today’s world if a story is written about an underage relationship we automatically feel it is exploitive, abusive, and naive but this book took a very different view. The narrator takes back control and tells us the story in a way that suggests she knows...read more read full post >>

I found this novel to be a disturbing yet consuming read. Like you want to look away but can’t stop staring. The exploration of autonomy in the relationship between the young girl and the wealthy man challenges our instant victimization of the girl. Sh... read full post >>

I found this novel to be a disturbing yet consuming read. Like you want to look away but can’t stop staring. The exploration of autonomy in the relationship between the young girl and the wealthy man challenges our instant victimization of the girl. Sh... read full post >>

By far the shortest and most uncomfortable read at this point in the semester, The Lover by Marguerite Duras is a novel about the clandestine relationship between a 27-year-old man and a 15-year-old girl. The prose in this book is beautifully written, as an autobiography with Duras recalling her time in Saigon. She captures the […] read full post >>

Hi Romance Studiers, Going into reading “The Lover” by Marguerite Duras, I was warned by my girlfriend who had read it during her IB English class in high school. My takeaway a third into the book was “I cannot believe they made highschoolers read and analyze this text” and it did not get better. Even […] read full post >>

Hey Everyone! This week's book is "The Lover" by Marguerite Duras. This book was an interesting read because it was very strange yet it kept me wanting to read more. It felt like one of those forbidden reads where I wanted to see if the nameless 2... read full post >>

Hey Everyone! This week's book is "The Lover" by Marguerite Duras. This book was an interesting read because it was very strange yet it kept me wanting to read more. It felt like one of those forbidden reads where I wanted to see if the nameless 2... read full post >>

Hi everyone! Welcome back yet again. The semester is flying by.  This week’s book was The Lover by Marguerite Duras, and I found it quite interesting.  When I told my dad I was reading this book, he told me that he had reread it not long ago because he liked it so much and found […] read full post >>