Marguerite Duras: A Bio-Bibliography

by Robert Harvey and Hélène Volat

Born in a northern suburb of Saigon in 1914, Marguerite Duras became one of the most prolific and analyzed figures in 20th-century French literature and film. She earned initial fame with her novel, Moderato Cantabile (1958), which sold half a million copies and won the Prix de Mai. At the request of Alain Resnais, she wrote a scenario on the bombing of Hiroshima. Resnais's film, Hiroshima, Mon Amour (1959), became an immediate hit...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313288984
• ISBN13: 9780313288982
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"