i've only read bits and snippets of the book - there's something in the way duras writes the male lead that just touches a lot of uncomfortable buttons for me as an asian woman - but i've seen the film adaptation and it took itself way too seriously, but was pretty hot (sex scenes and all).
Ha ha--that is quite a butt! I haven't seen the movie, nor have I seen Hiroshima, Mon Amour, which I think is the other main movie with which Duras is associated--she wrote the screenplay, maybe?
Anyway, I'm not surprised to hear you say that some things in the book felt uncomfortable. The edition that I read had a short introduction by Amy Tan in which she said (among other things) that she appreciated Marguerite Duras in books and film because she proved that Asian men can be sexy. And then I went on and read the book and thought, "Well, okay, Amy Tan, I guess that sexy is *part* of how this character is portrayed, but..."
sorry, i'm suuuuuuuuuper into butts. i haven't seen hiroshima either, but didn't know duras was associated with it. something to add to the list, maybe.
and ugh, fucking amy tan. i'm sorry, aside from like, ayn rand she is the worst (for me)? her whole thing is about internalized racism that most white people take as the ~gospel truth~.
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like, look at this butt, seriously.
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Anyway, I'm not surprised to hear you say that some things in the book felt uncomfortable. The edition that I read had a short introduction by Amy Tan in which she said (among other things) that she appreciated Marguerite Duras in books and film because she proved that Asian men can be sexy. And then I went on and read the book and thought, "Well, okay, Amy Tan, I guess that sexy is *part* of how this character is portrayed, but..."
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and ugh, fucking amy tan. i'm sorry, aside from like, ayn rand she is the worst (for me)? her whole thing is about internalized racism that most white people take as the ~gospel truth~.
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