Marguerite Duras: Writing

by Marguerite Duras

Book Overview

Writing , one of Marguerite Duras's last works, is a meditation on the process of writing and on her need for solitude in order to do it. In the five short pieces collected in this volume, she... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816677530
• ISBN13: 9780816677535
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

A beautiful book

"Writing" combines elements of fictional narrative, literary theory, and conversational Q & A all in Duras's recognizable voice. It is a wonderful book allowing readers to experience both Duras's writing process and the finished outcome.

literary testament/memoir explaining Duras's theory of writ

this is the last book by Duras, as she passed away on March 4, 1996. Recommended for anyone who appreciates the spledid bareness of her late style. Her theory of writing, why she wrote, and what compells writers...fascinating, and reads like a meditation.