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The Impudent Ones (Hardcover)
Marguerite Duras; Translated by Kelsey L Haskett; Preface by Jean Vallier
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Marguerite Duras, the Elena Ferrante of French literature, rose to
global stardom with her erotic masterpiece The Lover, which won the
prestigious Prix Goncourt, has over a million copies in print in
English, has been translated into forty-three languages, and was
adapted into a canonical film in 1992. While almost all of Duras's
novels have been translated into English, her debut The Impudent
Ones (Les Impudents) has been a glaring exception until now. Fans
of Duras will be thrilled to discover the germ of her bold, vital
prose and signature blend of memoir and fiction in this intense and
mournful story of the Taneran family, which introduces Duras's
classic themes of familial conflict, illicit romance, and scandal
in the sleepy suburbs and southwest provinces of postwar France.
With storytelling that evokes in equal parts beauty and brutality,
Duras depicts the scalding effect of seduction and disrepute on the
soul of a young French girl. Duras's great gift was her ability to
bring to vivid and passionate life characters with whom society may
not have sympathized, but with whom readers certainly do. Through
its striking prose and strong feminist themes, The Impudent Ones
will delight established Duras fans and a new generation of readers
alike.
French Women Authors examines the importance afforded the
spiritual in the lives and works of French women authors over the
centuries, thereby highlighting both the significance of
spiritually informed writings in French literature in general, as
well as the specific contribution made by women writers. Eleven
different authors have been selected for this collection,
representing major literary periods from the medieval to the
(post)modern. Each author is examined in the light of a Christian
worldview, creating an approach which both validates and
interrogates the spiritual dimension of the works under
consideration. At the same time, the book as a whole presents a
broad perspective on French women writers, showing how they reflect
or stand in opposition to their times. The chronological order of
the chapters reveals an evolution in the modes of spirituality
expressed by these authors and in the role of spiritual belief or
religion in French society over time. From the overwhelmingly
Christian culture of the Middle Ages and pre-Enlightenment France
to the wide diversity prevalent in (post)modern times, including
the rise of Islam within French borders, a radical shift has
permeated French society, a shift that is reflected in the writers
chosen for this book. Moreover, the sensitivity of women writers to
the individual side of spiritual life, in contrast with the
practices of organized religion, also emerges as a major trend in
this book, with women often being seen as a voice for social and
religious change, or for a more meaningful, personal faith. Lastly,
despite a blatant rejection of God and religion, spiritual threads
still run through the works of one of France’s most celebrated
contemporary writers (Marguerite Duras), whose cry for an absolute
in the midst of a spiritual vacuum only reiterates the quest for
transcendence or for some form of spiritual expression, as voiced
in the works of her female predecessors and contemporaries in
France, and as demonstrated in this book. Published by University
of Delaware Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers
University Press. Â
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