Marguerite Duras (Beginner's Guides (Hodder & Stoughton))

Marguerite Duras was one of the twentieth-century's most successful, prolific and challenging authors. In this introduction, Martin Crowley provides a clear, accessible guide to understanding Duras both as an important figure in her own right, and in her artistic, political and philosophical contexts. Duras' major works are considered, along with a number of lesser known texts and key critical approaches to her work.