The Lover

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The Lover

Marguerite Duras

3.71

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Set against the backdrop of French colonial Vietnam, The Lover reveals the intimacies and intricacies of a clandestine romance between a pubescent girl from a financially strapped French family and an older, wealthy Chinese-Vietnamese man.

Genres: FictionFranceRomanceFrench LiteratureHistorical FictionLiteratureNovelsClassicsLiterary Fiction20th Century

117 Pages

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