Malady of Death by Marguerite Duras
The Malady of Death by Marguerite Duras. 1986 Grove Press, first U.S. edition, 60 pages. Duras was a celebrated French novelist, playwright, and writer, well-known for her novel The Lover, a story of a teenager falling in love with an older Chinese man. In her New York Times obituary: "The mysteries of love and sex consumed her, but she had no room for sentimentality in her works, or indeed, in her life." Malady is a novella about doomed relationship.
Condition; Acceptable. Water damage to inside of jacket and corners of text block
"She asks if she's managing to make your body less lonely."
The Malady of Death by Marguerite Duras. 1986 Grove Press, first U.S. edition, 60 pages. Duras was a celebrated French novelist, playwright, and writer, well-known for her novel The Lover, a story of a teenager falling in love with an older Chinese man. In her New York Times obituary: "The mysteries of love and sex consumed her, but she had no room for sentimentality in her works, or indeed, in her life." Malady is a novella about doomed relationship.
Condition; Acceptable. Water damage to inside of jacket and corners of text block
"She asks if she's managing to make your body less lonely."