{"product_id":"the-lover","title":"The Lover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Lover\u003c\/em\u003e by Marguerite Duras.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarguerite Duras returns to the prewar Indochina of her childhood in a novel shaped by memory and desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRead it for the distance between an experience and its later telling. The book invites attention to how a writer brings the past close while preserving the uncertainty that memory cannot resolve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition note:\u003c\/strong\u003e The cover shows the Pantheon paperback (ISBN 9780375700521). The Apple Books option is the English ebook (ISBN 9780307801203). Both use Barbara Bray's translation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marguerite Duras","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50822330810530,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0717\/9200\/1186\/files\/9780375700521.tif?v=1794098805","url":"https:\/\/elliotackerman.com\/products\/the-lover","provider":"Elliot Ackerman","version":"1.0","type":"link"}