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dina_b's review against another edition
4.0
As vezes um poema...
As vezes inocência...
As vezes repetitivo...
As vezes atração...
As vezes amor...
As vezes sofrimento...
Uma história que marca e surpreende. Não será o meu único Duras que irei ler.
As vezes inocência...
As vezes repetitivo...
As vezes atração...
As vezes amor...
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Uma história que marca e surpreende. Não será o meu único Duras que irei ler.
sweetbeetle's review against another edition
Insufferable main character
Content Warnings
Moderate: Incest
velvetcelestial's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
cepheiide's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
nancyinoregon's review against another edition
5.0
I haven't read any books by Marguerite Duras, and I've never read a book like this.
1) It's autobiographical. And there are no apologies from any of the characters for the lives they have to live. Refreshing.
2) Translated into English, the writing style is very unusual. Semipoetic with spare words and good use of white space on the page. The author refers to herself in the third person as "the child," which gives the story a detached, floating feeling. Many references to the blue of the night sky. Very little reference to the heat, but you can feel it.
3) It's a snapshot of French colonial life in Indochina in the early 20th century. Poor French colonialists, not rich ones. Life grinds you down when you're poor.
4) Shocking? Maybe. Depends who you are and possibly not for the reasons you'd expect.
1) It's autobiographical. And there are no apologies from any of the characters for the lives they have to live. Refreshing.
2) Translated into English, the writing style is very unusual. Semipoetic with spare words and good use of white space on the page. The author refers to herself in the third person as "the child," which gives the story a detached, floating feeling. Many references to the blue of the night sky. Very little reference to the heat, but you can feel it.
3) It's a snapshot of French colonial life in Indochina in the early 20th century. Poor French colonialists, not rich ones. Life grinds you down when you're poor.
4) Shocking? Maybe. Depends who you are and possibly not for the reasons you'd expect.
ddanelia's review against another edition
The book is alright if u want to brush up on ur french but uuhhh trigger warning for the "romances" in the book bc those relationships would have def been taken to court if it took place today.
chpatilde's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
jerrica's review against another edition
4.0
Between 4 and 5 stars. The change of form to a hybrid novel-film narration lends itself to the haunting atmosphere that Duras creates as she revisits and reconstructs the story that established her as one of 20th century France's greatest writers.