“After all, what is robbing a bank compared to founding one?” – Bertolt BrechtAfter reading halfway through this novel, I thought they were about to go back to this quote and relate to it, but nope. This book reminded me of the Netflix show, Mone…
“After all, what is robbing a bank compared to founding one?” – Bertolt BrechtAfter reading halfway through this novel, I thought they were about to go back to this quote and relate to it, but nope. This book reminded me of the Netflix show, Mone…
In my last blog, I mentioned that I’m waiting for a book where I don’t despise the male character. This was completely contrary to my expectations. I LOVE thrillers, and the beginning of this book made me very delighted. It was a narcos scene mixed with Money Heist. I agree with what everyone says about […]
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Hey everyone! This week, I decided to read The Lover by Marguerite Duras. There’s only three more books left to read this semester it’s going by so fast! So we have another uncomfortable read this week, yay. As a few of my classmates mentioned, this book is definitely disturbing and unsettling. I feel like this […]
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with age-gaps, Colonialism, identity, isolation, love, Marguerite Duras, memory, poverty, power dynamic, societal pressures
Jon actually approached me at the start of the last class as I was reading this book. He asked me how I felt about it and honestly I did not have an answer for him. I kept flip flopping between who genuinely was the problem in this book and I think that’s what Duras wanted. …
Posted in Blogs, Duras | Tagged with addiction, class, coming of age, family, family dynamics, gender, girlhood, I hate men, pedophile, poverty, race, sexuality, youth
Hi everyone, This week I read “The Lover” written by Duras. I quite enjoyed this book and it’s almost unique take on this sort of narrative. This book explores themes of relationships, power dynamics, wealth, love, and poverty. Within the relationship dynamic between the young girl and an older man it is unclear who is […]
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A moving and powerful book, “The Lover” explores the intricate issues of colonialism, love, desire, and social expectations. The story, which takes place in 1920s French colonial Vietnam, centers on an extramarital relationship between a wealthy Chinese man known only as “the Chinaman” and a young French girl known as “the girl.” It was a […]
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Marguerite Duras’ novel, “The Lover,” is a unique literature that explores the themes of love, family, and colonialism. At first, I was confused about the story’s setting as there seemed to be a diverse array of ethnicities and there were some city names (such as Mekong, Cholon, and Saigon) that I had never heard of […]
Posted in Blogs, Duras | Tagged with age, family, love, memory, poverty, race, relationships, social class
“Everyone says you were beautiful when you were young, but I want to tell you I think you’re more beautiful now than then (p. 3). “ This is the classic beginning of The Lover by Marguerite Duras, where the aged narrator when her looks are devastated, longs for a lover who expresses the love that […]
Posted in Blogs, Introduction | Tagged with love, poverty, race, sex, Vietnam
The novel ‘The Lover’ is an autobiographical account of a young girl’s affair with an old man. At first, I found this novel a little absurd as it is something different from what I have read before but then as I read further, it became a little clear as to what the author was trying […]
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