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A review by hococo
The Impudent Ones by Marguerite Duras
4.0
I am only withholding a fifth star from this review because this is not a book I would put into anyone's hand. It is on the cusp, so let's make it an odd 4.5 star rating.
This drama, detailing a summer of anguish a bourgeoisie family endures at their dilapidated villa, is an easy page-turner. The secrets this family keep and wield against one another are elemental in some respects, and could be exchanged between members of any dysfunctional household. In others, we are invited to witness the effect that wealth, or, the perception of wealth, has on the outcome of harrowing scandals.
"The Impudent Ones," is a subtle work of well restrained beauty and animosity. All of Duras' characters exude disdain, grace and delight with the slightest gesture and seemingly unremarkable exchange. The quality of Duras' writing is so refined that you find yourself reading through and empathizing with a portrayal of fleeting feelings you've previously felt, but never had the words to describe. Her characters are so magnificently developed that your opinion of them is natural, to the point of being involuntary. The characters you love and hate are equally complicated and worthy of attention., and they all demand it by deploying their most sly manipulations.
This drama, detailing a summer of anguish a bourgeoisie family endures at their dilapidated villa, is an easy page-turner. The secrets this family keep and wield against one another are elemental in some respects, and could be exchanged between members of any dysfunctional household. In others, we are invited to witness the effect that wealth, or, the perception of wealth, has on the outcome of harrowing scandals.
"The Impudent Ones," is a subtle work of well restrained beauty and animosity. All of Duras' characters exude disdain, grace and delight with the slightest gesture and seemingly unremarkable exchange. The quality of Duras' writing is so refined that you find yourself reading through and empathizing with a portrayal of fleeting feelings you've previously felt, but never had the words to describe. Her characters are so magnificently developed that your opinion of them is natural, to the point of being involuntary. The characters you love and hate are equally complicated and worthy of attention., and they all demand it by deploying their most sly manipulations.