DurasВ said that she couldnвЂ™t remember writing this diary and that, to her, it seemed more powerful than any of the literary texts sheвЂ™d ever written. La douleur вЂ“ The pain is the first text in the book and is also the longest and appears to be the only one that she left as she found it. Written in 1944 and first published in 1985, Durass riveting account of life in Paris during the Nazi occupation and the first months of liberation depicts the harrowing realities of World War II& era France 'with a rich conviction enhanced by a. Each of the texts covers another time period.Examines how the films of Marguerite Duras create a multisensorial experience for spectators The writer Marguerite Duras was a key figure in post-war French.From the bestselling author of The Lover, Marguerite Duras& s haunting memoir of suffering and survival in a time when Europe was torn asunder. IвЂ™m not going to review them here.

Once she found someone who had seen him, there was still the fear that he might have been among those shot by the fleeing Germans. DurasВ knew that Buchenwald had been liberated, but she didnвЂ™t know if by that time Robert was still alive. They knew to which camp Robert had been brought and so, knowing the GermansВ had lost the war, they followed the news closely and went to the centres to which those who returned came and questioned them. She is the author of such acclaimed novels as The Lover, The Ravishing of Lol Stein, and The Sailor from Gibraltar and wrote the screenplay for Hiroshima Mon Amour.The New Press has published translations of her books The North China Lover, The War, and Wartime Writings.DurasВ managed to convey the anxiety of those waiting and the incredible difficulties to take care of someone who came back. This 1944 diary of a young Resistance member, written during the last days of the French occupation and the first days of the liberation, is.Marguerite Duras (1914-1996) was one of Frances most important literary figures.

Before they arrive, they warn her вЂ“ she might not recognize him. I started it out as part of the jury for an award, which consumed my reading for the first few months.In the end, two of her friends travel to dacha (Robert had been moved a few times)В and bring him back. This yearвЂ™s been a good one for reading. He might be trapped in a fire storm and get killed that way.Posts about marguerite duras written by R. A little later, when they hear that the German cities are literally burning, another anxiety joins the fears she had before. Possibly, he was among the survivors but if so, he might still die of exhaustion or an illness.

In theseВ twoВ pieces she changed names and wrote about herself in third person, calling herself ThГ©rГЁse.I wasnвЂ™t sure what to expect from this book. She learns everything about him and later uses it to help sentencing him to death.Albert des capitales and Ter le milicien both describe how Duras and other members of the resistance take part in torturing and forcing people to give them information that will lead to their or other peopleвЂ™s sentencing. He may think heвЂ™s the stronger one, but Duras plays a game with him as well. He pretends her husband hasnвЂ™t been deported yet, meets her often, wants to have an affair with her. It describes the cat-and-mouse game a Gestapo official plays with Marguerite Duras. HeвЂ™s very ill and his survival is almost a miracle.Monsieur X вЂ“ Pierre Rabier is the second text in the collection.

Every day, thereвЂ™s a new anxiety regarding her husband and every day the people in France find out more details about the war. ThereвЂ™s so much going on in these pages. I donвЂ™t think IвЂ™ve ever read a memoir by someone who was waiting for someone and about the challenges of the return. Most memoirs fous either on the war вЂ“ on the battle field or the home front вЂ“ or on the camps.

Celebrating the 15th Anniversary of #QuickВ Reads You can find further information on the Literature and War Readalong 2017, including the book blurbs here. Discussion starts on Wednesday 31В May, 2017. TheВ next readalong is dedicated to war poetry. The writing is tight, evocative and detailed, just what I had expected from Marguerite Duras.The War вЂ“ La douleurВ is the fourth book in the Literature and War Readalong 2017. Ultimately, this leads to the refusal to admit responsibility and the denial that there were collaborators.French politics aside, this is one of the most important WWII texts IвЂ™ve ever read.

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