War Years Notebooks and Other Texts

A direct touch on the inner world of Marguerite Duras, one of the undisputed most successful and productive writers of French literature, which she sometimes reflects in her novels.

Notebooks of the War Years and Other Texts present sections of a life full of pain, longing and success, from Duras's childhood in Indochina to his seemingly endless wait during the Nazi occupation, from his impressive observations about the daily life and ordinary inhabitants of Paris to his political views.

These four notebooks, written between 1943 and 1949, can be considered as the first pains of the works in birth that determine Duras's future literature, and can also be seen as autobiographical narratives that touch on the founding and determining events of his life. Marguerite Duras's simple and sharp narrative, the striking transitionality of fiction and reality, and the literary taste in her previously unpublished stories open the doors to those who want to discover the author for the first time and again...
(From the Promotional Bulletin)



Number of Pages: 311

Year of Printing: 2014


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Sel Publishing

First Printing Year: 2014

Number of Pages: 311

Language Turkish