L'Amant

E786187

novel

L'Amant is a semi-autobiographical novel by Marguerite Duras that recounts a passionate adolescent love affair in colonial French Indochina.

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Label	Occurrences
L'Amant canonical	1
The Lover (L'Amant)	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	novel ⓘ
adaptedAs	The Lover (1992 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
author	Marguerite Duras NERFINISHED ⓘ
awarded	Prix Goncourt NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardYear	1984 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
criticalReception	internationally acclaimed ⓘ
filmDirector	Jean-Jacques Annaud NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmScreenwriter	Gérard Brach NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean-Jacques Annaud NERFINISHED ⓘ Marguerite Duras NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	autobiographical fiction ⓘ coming-of-age novel ⓘ romantic novel ⓘ
languageOfTitle	French ⓘ
literaryMovement	Nouveau Roman NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainCharacter	wealthy Chinese lover ⓘ young French schoolgirl ⓘ
motif	ferry ⓘ hat ⓘ river crossing ⓘ silence ⓘ
narrativePerspective	first-person ⓘ
narrativeStructure	non-linear ⓘ
originalLanguage	French ⓘ
placeInAuthorOeuvre	one of Marguerite Duras's most famous works ⓘ
protagonist	unnamed French adolescent girl ⓘ
publicationYear	1984 ⓘ
publisher	Les Éditions de Minuit NERFINISHED ⓘ
sales	bestseller in France ⓘ
setting	French Indochina NERFINISHED ⓘ Saigon NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingPeriod	late 1920s ⓘ
theme	adolescent sexuality ⓘ class difference ⓘ colonialism ⓘ desire ⓘ family dysfunction ⓘ female subjectivity ⓘ memory ⓘ poverty ⓘ race and identity ⓘ
titleTranslation	The Lover NERFINISHED ⓘ
translatedInto	English ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Japanese ⓘ Spanish ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marguerite Duras → notableWork → L'Amant ⓘ

Gérard Brach → notableWork → L'Amant ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Lover (L'Amant)