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lrc52's review against another edition
4.0
i wish i had read a biography of duras before this--i would have understood more. it will definitely be a reread!
ninapotischman's review against another edition
3.0
I really like Marguerite Duras – The Lover is one of my favorite books – but this book didn’t really do it for me. Duras is brilliant, but parts of it felt a bit mundane/dated. A lot of people love this book, though, so I feel like it’s just me!
adrizeuza's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
3.5
This book is very random and in itself, nothing extraordinary. But if you enjoy Duras, especially her writing style, this contains gems which are worth experiencing. Also, it is a very sincere account of her mental health struggles and some of her trauma, which I assume she felt comfortable broaching due to this being a result of a series of conversations with one of her best friends.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, and Mental illness
Moderate: Sexual assault
blueyorkie's review against another edition
5.0
What I love above all: is her modesty. She touches me when she talks about serious things without ever taking pleasure. What makes me smile: is her megalomania when she talks about herself in the third person. What makes me sad: is that writing, inseparable from being "Marguerite Duras", inseparable from alcohol, inseparable from home, was as much what helped her to live as what drowned her. As a surface of contact with others, as a prison just as much. I wish and hope to be wrong, with the writing was more what drove her.
pepismexis's review against another edition
emotional
5.0
Best book, why would you read anything else?