{"product_id":"the-north-china-lover-9781565840188","title":"The North China Lover","description":"\u003cp\u003eFar more daring and truthful than any of her other novels  The North China Lover is a fascinating retelling of the dramatic experiences of Durass adolescence that shaped her most famous work. Initially conceived as notes toward a screenplay for The Lover  this later novel  written toward the end of her life  emphasizes the tougher aspects of her youth in Indochina and possesses the intimate feel of a documentary. Both shocking and enthralling  the story Duras tells is so powerfully imagined (or remembered) that it . . . lingers like a strong perfume (Publishers Weekly). Hailed by the French critics as a return to the Duras of the great books and the great days  it is a mature and complex rendering of a formative period in the authors life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67897793675317,"sku":"ByrdShop_1565840186","price":27.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781565840188.jpg?v=1793783332","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-north-china-lover-9781565840188","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}