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Wartime Writings: 1943-1949 by Oliver Corpet, Sophie Bogaert, Linda Coverdale, Marguerite Duras
cais's review against another edition
4.0
One of the editors wonderfully described this book as the "primitive architecture of the entire Durassian universe.” Here, you do get a glimpse at how she wrote about her own life then used some of those details in her fiction over and over in different ways. When she does write of her life, she seems to be creating as much as remembering.
This collection is really best for those who've already read at least a few books by Duras and really liked them. I admire Duras greatly and am about twelve books into her oeuvre, so reading these early writings, largely consisting of rough drafts of work both later published and not, was fascinating and I enjoyed taking my time with this book.
tien's review against another edition
3.0
Ah... another book I picked up to fit a reading challenge task (FYI, I do this a LOT). I'm not actually familiar with [a:Marguerite Duras|163|Marguerite Duras|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1419249178p2/163.jpg] or any of her works though I know of her reputation as a writer, of course. This book took extracts from her diaries that were found in the cupboard after her death. Her diaries had more of short drafts of her stories though there were some personal anecdotes. In fact, the first chapter was of her childhood in Indochina and it was rather sad and painful to read! And if I were familiar with her works, I'd probably enjoy the rest of the book better. As it was, maybe, I'd look into adding some of her books to my tbr. Please let me know which book I best start with :)
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