{"product_id":"la-douleur-by-marguerite-duras","title":"'La Douleur' by Marguerite Duras","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-8 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden min-h-8 relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"streaming-animation markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eWritten out of Duras’s experience of occupied Paris and its immediate aftermath. \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt its centre is Duras waiting for the return of her husband Robert Antelme, a Resistance member deported to the concentration camps, and then confronting the barely living man who eventually comes home. Around this are other pieces drawn from the same period: encounters with collaborators, Gestapo officers, Resistance networks and the moral confusion of liberation. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe title means simply “pain,” constructed in fragments, repetitions and abrupt shifts, allowing private obsession to collide with historical catastrophe and express such a complicated, human experience. The result is one of her starkest works: about waiting, political violence, complicity, love, bodily survival and the strange problem of turning lived horror into literature at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlamingo \/ Fontana Paperbacks, London, 1987. First Flamingo edition. Paperback. First published in France by P.O.L éditeur in 1985; first published in Great Britain by William Collins in 1986. English translation by Barbara Bray. Light shelf wear and rubbing to covers, with mild edge and corner wear; age-toning to pages. Internally clean and binding firm. Very good condition. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46147998220371,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/novels_novellas_19.png?v=1788494918","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/la-douleur-by-marguerite-duras","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}