179 quotes from Marguerite Duras: 'Our mothers always remain the strangest, craziest people we've ever met.', 'Very early in my life it was too late.', and '.as. Amazon.com: The Lover: Jane March, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Frédérique Meininger, Arnaud Giovaninetti, Melvil Poupaud, Lisa Faulkner, Xiem Mang, Philippe Le Dem, Ann. The Lover (French: L'Amant) is an autobiographical novel by Marguerite Duras, published in 1984 by Les Éditions de Minuit. It has been translated to 43 languages and. “It’s not that you have to achieve anything, it’s that you have to get away from where you are.” ― Marguerite Duras, The Lover Overview. An international best-seller with more than one million copies in print and a winner of France’s Prix Goncourt, The Lover has been acclaimed by critics. La narratrice ici c'est Jeanne Moreau choisie pour son étonnante ressemblance de voix avec Duras, une voix forgée par le tabac, l'alcool et les années. Further reading. Crowley, Martin (2000). Duras, Writing, and the Ethical. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198160135. ISBN 9780198160137. Adler, Laure. NOVELIST, PLAYWRIGHT, FILM MAKER, COMMUNIST, outrageous social commentator, Marguerite Duras has awed and maddened the French public for more than 40 years. Back to ACLAnet Syllabi & Documents. Jana Evans Braziel, Assistant Professor 229B Mc Micken Hall Department of English and Comparative Literature Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) is a service we offer sellers that lets them store their products in Amazon's fulfillment centers, and we directly pack, ship, and provide.