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Duras

British

/ dyra /

noun

Marguerite , real name Marguerite Donnadieu . 1914–96, French novelist born in Giadinh, Indochina (now in Vietnam). Her works include The Sea Wall (1950), Practicalities (1990), Écrire (1993), and the script for the film Hiroshima mon amour (1960)

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Lawrence, Doris Lessing, Marguerite Duras and Thomas Hardy, Gornick astutely shows how books are intertwined with ourselves, shifting and evolving over time even as we do.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2023

He started exploring theater at 17; his first play was an adaptation of the Marguerite Duras novel “Moderato Cantabile.”

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2023

Both Laurence and myself are the products of hybrid, many-faceted experiences which range from Edouard Gilssant and Aimé Césaire to Pasolini and Marguerite Duras.

From Salon • Jan. 9, 2023

More intellectually and philosophically motivated readers, and certainly anyone who already knows and loves Duras, should plunge right in.

From Washington Post • Dec. 15, 2022

“To Dr. Duras, an eminent physician,” was the reply.

From Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf by Reynolds, George W. M. (George William MacArthur)

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