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Suspended Passion: Interviews
Marguerite Duras
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Description for Suspended Passion: Interviews
Hardback. Translator(s): Turner, Chris. Series: SB-The French List. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
A controversial figure of the postwar French literary and cultural scene, Marguerite Duras has exerted a powerful hold on readers around the world. This volume of interviews--hailed on its French publication as Duras's secret confession --offers readers a rich vein of new insight into her work, opinions, life, and relationships. The interviews that make up the book were conducted in 1987, when Italian journalist Leopoldina Pallotta della Torre met the seventy-three-year-old Duras at her Paris flat and convinced her to sit for a series of conversations. The resulting book was published in Italian in 1989, ... Read more
A controversial figure of the postwar French literary and cultural scene, Marguerite Duras has exerted a powerful hold on readers around the world. This volume of interviews--hailed on its French publication as Duras's secret confession --offers readers a rich vein of new insight into her work, opinions, life, and relationships. The interviews that make up the book were conducted in 1987, when Italian journalist Leopoldina Pallotta della Torre met the seventy-three-year-old Duras at her Paris flat and convinced her to sit for a series of conversations. The resulting book was published in Italian in 1989, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
SB-The French List
Condition
New
Weight
318g
Number of Pages
136
Place of Publication
Greenford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857423290
SKU
V9780857423290
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About Marguerite Duras
Marguerite Duras (1914--96) was a French writer and filmmaker and the author of many books, including The Lover. Chris Turner is a writer and translator who lives in Birmingham, England.
Reviews for Suspended Passion: Interviews
Turner provides an accurate, insightful translation of La passion suspendue, a series of interviews conducted by journalist Leopoldina Pallotta della Torre in 1987, published in Italian in 1989, and then forgotten. . . . Duras's writing is associated with the 'nouveau roman, ' an avant-garde genre of writing in which narration and chronology take second place, leaving readers to create ... Read more