The Lover

Author: Duras, Marguerite

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 16 January 2006 by HarperCollins Publishers (HarperPerennial) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Harper Perennial Modern Classics' series.

A sensational international bestseller, and winner of Frances’ coveted Prix Goncourt, ‘The Lover’ is an unforgettable portrayal of the incandescent relationship between two lovers, and of the hate that slowly tears the girl’s family apart.

Saigon, 1930s: a poor young French girl meets the elegant son of a wealthy Chinese family. Soon they are lovers, locked into a private world of passion and intensity that defies all the conventions of their society.

A sensational international bestseller, 'The Lover' is disturbing, erotic, masterly and simply unforgettable.