Writing
1st University of Minnesota Press ed.
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Author
Contributions
- Polizzotti, Mark - Contributor
Publication
2011 - University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Language
English
Word Count
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Page Count
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Identifiers
- ISBN-139780816677535
- ISBN-100816677530
- Library of Congress Control Number2011020428
- Better World Books9780816677535
- Open LibraryOL25220342M
Classifications
- DDC843/.912
- LCCPQ2607.U8245 E2813 2011
- LCCPQ2607.U8245E2813
Description
" Writing, one of Marguerite Duras's last works, is a meditation on the process of writing and on her need for solitude in order to do it. In the five short pieces collected in this volume, she explores experiences that had an emotional impact on her and that inspired her to write. These vary from the death of a pilot in World War II, to the death of a fly, to an art exhibition. Two of the pieces were made into documentary films, and one was originally a short film. Both autobiographical and fictional, like much of her work, Writing displays Duras's unique worldview and sensitive insight in her simple and poetic prose"--
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