OCTOBER BOOK
Our book for October is The Lover by French author Marguerite Duras (link). We're back to our regular second Tuesday of the month schedule, which means we'll be meeting at 7pm on the evening of October 8th at our usual Zawa's home (Zawa) but it looks like patio season is over. All carbon-based bipeds welcome.
A sensational international bestseller, and winner of France's coveted Prix Goncourt, 'The Lover' is an unforgettable portrayal of the incandescent relationship between two lovers, and of the hate that slowly tears the girl's family apart. Saigon,1930s: a poor young French girl meets the elegant son of a wealthy Chinese family. Soon they are lovers, locked into a private world of passion and intensity that defies all the conventions of their society. A sensational international bestseller, 'The Lover' is disturbing, erotic, masterly. Here is an unforgettable portrayal of the incandescent relationship between the lovers, and of the hate that slowly tears the girl's family apart.
