Books like Hiroshima mon amour by Marguerite Duras

"L'Amant" follows a turbulent romance between a teenage French girl and her Chinese lover amid the fading colonial era in pre‑war Saigon.

Barefoot Gen Vol. 2 follows young Gen Nakaoka as he confronts survival and grief amid the devastation of Hiroshima after the atomic bombing, depicting the hard reality of civilian life in a war-torn city.

"Hailed in France as "an incomparable pleasure," Marguerite Duras's newest novel is a fascinating retelling of the dramatic experiences of her adolescence that have shaped her work. Far more daring and truthful than any book she has written before, it emphasizes the tough realities of her youth in Indochina and reveals much that her earlier works concealed." "An instant number-one bestseller in France, The North China Lover both shocks and entrances its readers. Initially written as notes toward a filmscript for The Lover, the book has the grainy, filmic qualities of a documentary. Gone are the romantic and nostalgic readings of the past. Here are the humiliations and passions of the poverty-ridden world in which Duras grew up: the intense sexuality of the young women who were her friends and classmates, a group of adolescents impatient for the experiences of adulthood while still caught up in the conflicts of childhood. For all who have admired Duras's previous work, here is an exciting and unexpected reading of her past - a work the French critics called a return to "the Duras of the great books and the great days.""--BOOK JACKET.

Tout le monde fait des erreurs. Nous en oublions certaines avec le temps. D’autres vivent dans notre tête en toute impunité pendant plus longtemps. Pour toujours. Peu d’entre nous font des erreurs qui détruisent nos chances d’avoir une relation authentique et significative. Je l’ai fait. Une erreur qui n’aurait jamais dû arriver à quelqu’un comme moi : une étudiante exemplaire, une fille placée en famille d’accueil, bien élevée et obéissante, une bénévole pour des œuvres caritatives. Cette erreur n’était autre que Theo Hayes. J’en paie le prix depuis, car, quelques jours plus tard, j’ai rencontré son frère aîné, Logan, dont je suis tombée amoureuse… Logan, qui m’a laissée tomber dès qu’il a appris que son frère m’avait eue en premier.

La dernière guerre, Marguerite Duras lʹa vécue tout à la fois comme femme dont le mari avait été déporté, comme résistante, mais aussi, comme écrivain. Lucide, étonnée, désespérée parfois, elle a, pendant ces années, tenu un journal, écrit des textes que lui inspirait tout ce quʹelle voyait, ce quʹelle vivait, les gens quʹelle rencontrait ou affrontait.

In this volume of four short novels, Duras demonstrates her remarkable ability to create an emotional intensity and unity by focusing on the intimate details of the relationships among only a few cental characters: from the park bench couple in "The Square" (1955) to the double love triangle in "10:30 on a Summer Night" (1960), each novel probes the depths and complexities of human emotion, of love and of despair. Exceptional for their range in mood and situation, these four novels are unparalleled exhibitions of a poetic beauty that is uniquely Duras.

"In a pioneering study of the three best-known French women writers of the twentieth century, Bethany Ladimer examines the ways in which the aging process shaped their creativity and their lives. Simone de Beauvoir, Colette, and Marguerite Duras all lived long lives and were prolific writers until the end. Ladimer's developmental approach to their creativity takes into account literary analysis and also discusses their work and lives from the standpoint of history and the social sciences, a conjunction that considers age, gender, and a culture that depends on the ideas of sexual difference for its national identity. She incorporates the work of Betty Friedan, Carolyn Heilbrun, and Margaret Gulette, among others, into her study."--BOOK JACKET.

The novelist Maurice Bendrix's love affair with his friend's wife, Sarah, had begun in London during the Blitz. But, out of the blue she ended the relationship. Years later he sends a private detective to follow Sarah and find out the truth.