{"product_id":"the-war-marguerite-duras-9781565842212","title":"The War: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Lover\u003c\/em\u003e, Marguerite Duras's haunting memoir of suffering and survival in a time when Europe was torn asunder\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten in 1944 and first published in 1985, Duras's riveting account of life in Paris during the Nazi occupation and the first months of liberation depicts the harrowing realities of World War II-era France \"with a rich conviction enhanced by [a] spare, almost arid, technique\" (Julian Barnes, \u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/em\u003e ). Duras, by then married and part of a French resistance network headed by Fran輟is Mitterand, tells of nursing her starving husband back to health after his return from Bergen-Belsen, interrogating a suspected collaborator, and playing a game of cat and mouse with a Gestapo officer who was attracted to her. The result is \"more than one woman's diary . . . [it is] a haunting portrait of a time and a place and also a state of mind\" (\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marguerite Duras\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1565842219\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781565842212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/26\/2008 pg. 30","brand":"Marguerite Duras","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049434673407,"sku":"9781565842212","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4135f457-d02b-4f03-a566-8df384019661.jpg?v=1685001500","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-war-marguerite-duras-9781565842212","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}