The Lover

A sensational international bestseller, and winner of France´s coveted Prix Goncourt, ´The Lover´ is an unforgettable portrayal of the incandescent relationship between two lovers, and of the hate that slowly tears the girl´s family apart. Saigon, 1930s: a poor young French girl meets the elegant son of a wealthy Chinese family. Soon they are lovers, locked into a private world of passion and intensity that defies all the conventions of their society. A sensational international bestseller, ´The Lover´ is disturbing, erotic, masterly. Here is an unforgettable portrayal of the incandescent relationship between the lovers, and of the hate that slowly tears the girl´s family apart.