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A review by apechild
The North China Lover by Marguerite Duras, Leigh Hafrey
2.0
2006 bookcrossing:
I'd never heard of Marguerite Duras before. This is about her early life in Vietnam, but for me it was just a story. And a bit of an odd/depressing one at that.
She's 14 in the book, has an incestuous relationship with one of her brothers and an affair with a twenty-seven year old Chinese man. An affair which they both know must end, so they spent a lot of time talking about how miserable this makes them and crying.
It's written as if someone is watching the film and telling you in great detail what's happening on screen.
This book left me a bit cold to be honest, and I really didn't care about any of the characters. Oh well, you can't like everything!
I'd never heard of Marguerite Duras before. This is about her early life in Vietnam, but for me it was just a story. And a bit of an odd/depressing one at that.
She's 14 in the book, has an incestuous relationship with one of her brothers and an affair with a twenty-seven year old Chinese man. An affair which they both know must end, so they spent a lot of time talking about how miserable this makes them and crying.
It's written as if someone is watching the film and telling you in great detail what's happening on screen.
This book left me a bit cold to be honest, and I really didn't care about any of the characters. Oh well, you can't like everything!