{"product_id":"the-lover","title":"The Lover by Marguerite Duras","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe Lover by Marguerite Duras\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eThe Lover\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"11\"\u003eL'Amant\u003c\/i\u003e, 1984) is a masterpiece of French literature by Marguerite Duras. Winning the prestigious \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"109\"\u003ePrix Goncourt\u003c\/i\u003e the year of its release, the book is a deeply unconventional, intensely poetic, and starkly erotic \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"222\"\u003eautobiographical novel\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003eSet against the humid, decaying backdrop of late-1920s French colonial Vietnam, it explores an intense, forbidden affair that shatters social boundaries, while doubling as a haunting portrait of memory, grief, and family dysfunction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"attachment-container search-images\"\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003eThe story is narrated retrospectively by an aging writer, looking back at her fifteen-and-a-half-year-old self. The girl, a white French teenager, lives in French Indochina (modern-day Vietnam) with her deeply unstable, impoverished mother and two brothers. Her family is drowning in financial ruin and psychological toxicity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003eThe trajectory of her life shifts on a ferry crossing the Mekong River. Dressed in a threadbare silk dress and a man's fedora, the girl catches the eye of a wealthy, twenty-seven-year-old Chinese heir from a powerful real estate family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003eHe offers her a ride in his luxurious, chauffeur-driven black limousine. This initial encounter quickly ignites into an intense, clandestine love affair. They begin meeting regularly in a darkened bachelor flat in Cholon, a bustling district of Saigon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8\"\u003eTheir relationship is built on a complex web of desires and contradictions: it is highly physical, deeply tender, and yet transactional. The girl’s desperate family relies on the lover’s money to survive, even while openly treating him with racial disdain. Meanwhile, the lover knows his traditional, unyielding father will never permit him to marry a penniless, white teenager. Trapped between colonial racial hierarchies, financial desperation, and intense emotional yearning, the two lovers drift toward an inevitable, heartbreaking separation when the girl is eventually sent back to France.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage: English.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre: Romance.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding: সেলাই করা বাইন্ডিং\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eQuality: Premium Quality Books.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrinting: High Quality Printing.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaper: Eye Friendly paper (Cream White)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCover: Matt cover (Paperback).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Royal Books BD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596977848505,"sku":null,"price":140.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0780\/0874\/6169\/files\/The_Lover.jpg?v=1781636067","url":"https:\/\/royalbooksbd.com\/products\/the-lover","provider":"Royal Books BD","version":"1.0","type":"link"}