{"product_id":"the-lover-9780375700521","title":"The Lover","description":"An international best-seller with more than one million copies in print and a winner of France's Prix Goncourt, \u003ci\u003eThe Lover\u003c\/i\u003e has been acclaimed by critics all over the world since its first publication in 1984. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in the prewar Indochina of Marguerite Duras's childhood, this is the haunting tale of a tumultuous affair between an adolescent French girl and her Chinese lover. In spare yet luminous prose, Duras evokes life on the margins of Saigon in the waning days of France's colonial empire, and its representation in the passionate relationship between two unforgettable outcasts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLong unavailable in hardcover, this edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Lover\u003c\/i\u003e includes a new introduction by Maxine Hong Kingston that looks back at Duras's world from an intriguing new perspective--that of a visitor to Vietnam today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e(With an introduction by Maxine Hong Kingston; translated from the French by Barbara Bray.)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pantheon Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375700521\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.03h x 5.23w x 0.44d","brand":"Marguerite Duras","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36636682813596,"sku":"9780375700521","price":12.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f4c60999-970b-4f35-9ecd-35a65fdd2b09.jpg?v=1603842637","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-lover-9780375700521","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}