Marguerite Duras: Writing

By Marguerite Duras

Book Overview

Writing , one of Marguerite Duras's last works, is a meditation on the process of writing and on her need for solitude in order to do it. In the five short pieces collected in this volume, she explores experiences that had an emotional impact on her and that inspired her to write. These vary from the death of a pilot in World War II, to the death of a fly, to an art exhibition. Two of the pieces were made into documentary films, and one was originally a short film. Both autobiographical and fictional, like much of her work, Writing displays Duras's unique worldview and sensitive insight in her simple and poetic prose.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816677530
• ISBN13: 9780816677535
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

A beautiful book

"Writing" combines elements of fictional narrative, literary theory, and conversational Q & A all in Duras's recognizable voice. It is a wonderful book allowing readers to experience both Duras's writing process and the finished outcome.

literary testament/memoir explaining Duras's theory of writ

this is the last book by Duras, as she passed away on March 4, 1996. Recommended for anyone who appreciates the spledid bareness of her late style. Her theory of writing, why she wrote, and what compells writers...fascinating, and reads like a meditation.