EL AMANTE

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By Marguerite Duras
Published by Tusquets Editores, Barcelona | 1985
Softcover | 160 pages (approx.) | 18 x 11 cm
Language: Spanish
Condition: Very Good

A fevered whisper of memory and desire, El amante (L’amant) is Marguerite Duras’s most iconic and haunting novel an autobiographical confession of a forbidden love that unfolds like a slow-burning cinematic reverie. Set in colonial Indochina, the story follows a young French girl and her illicit relationship with a wealthy Chinese lover, against the backdrop of social tension, poverty, and unspoken repression.

Written in Duras’s unmistakable voice spare, elliptical, and charged with unbearable intimacy this book transcends the limits of memoir and fiction, offering instead a fragmented yet poetic meditation on longing, power, and memory.

Published in 1985 by Tusquets Editores, this Spanish edition captures the sensual weight of Duras’s language in a rare and collectible format. A foundational text of modern literature, and a vital read for those drawn to the intersections of eroticism, exile, and the complexity of womanhood.

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EL AMANTE

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