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A review by ireadb00ks
The North China Lover by Marguerite Duras, Leigh Hafrey
3.0
first 87 pages are like nabokov’s screenplay of Lolita. a salacious, pulp-y rendition of the original. the child running across the street and kissing the limousine window is lo pulling the lipstick tube out of her bikini waistband.
after the child’s dance with helene lagonelle, there’s nothing more. 150 pages of incessant laughing and crying.
the sentimental end of The Lover does not fit the tone of the rest of the book. The North China Lover is written almost entirely in that same melodramatic tone.
for fans of The Lover, a few outstanding scenes make The North China Lover worth reading.
3 stars
after the child’s dance with helene lagonelle, there’s nothing more. 150 pages of incessant laughing and crying.
the sentimental end of The Lover does not fit the tone of the rest of the book. The North China Lover is written almost entirely in that same melodramatic tone.
for fans of The Lover, a few outstanding scenes make The North China Lover worth reading.
3 stars