{"product_id":"abahn-sabana-david-9781940953366","title":"Abahn Sabana David","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuras's language and writing shine like crystals.--\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA spectacular success. . . . Duras is at the height of her powers.--Edmund White\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAvailable for the first time in English, \u003ci\u003eAbahn Sabana David \u003c\/i\u003eis a late-career masterpiece from one of France's greatest writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLate one evening, David and Sabana--members of a communist group--arrive at a country house where they meet Abahn, the man they've been sent to guard and eventually kill for his perceived transgressions. A fourth man arrives (also named Abahn), and throughout the night these four characters discuss existential ideas of understanding, capitalism, violence, revolution, and dogs, while a gun lurks in the background the entire time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuspenseful and thought-provoking, Duras's novel calls to mind the plays of Samuel Beckett in the way it explores human existence and suffering in the confusing contemporary world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarguerite Duras \u003c\/b\u003ewrote dozens of plays, film scripts, and novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Ravishing of Lol Stein\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sea Wall\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHiroshima, Mon Amour\u003c\/i\u003e. She's most well-known for \u003ci\u003eThe Lover\u003c\/i\u003e, which received the Goncourt Prize in 1984 and was made into a film in 1992. This is her third book to be published by Open Letter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKazim Ali \u003c\/b\u003eis a poet, essayist, and novelist, and has published a translation of \u003ci\u003eWater's Footfall \u003c\/i\u003eby Sohrab Sepehri in addition to co-translating Duras's \u003ci\u003eL'Amour\u003c\/i\u003e. He teaches at Oberlin College and the University of Southern Maine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Letter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/14\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781940953366\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/11\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2016 pg. 67\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marguerite Duras","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39637797175477,"sku":"9781940953366","price":11.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b68f7c6a-e500-4219-a76b-cc2532a8f17f.jpg?v=1617678631","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/abahn-sabana-david-9781940953366","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}