{"product_id":"9781940953366","title":"Abahn Sabana David","description":"Author: Marguerite Duras\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781940953366\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Open Letter\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 14 Jun 2016\u003cbr\u003ePages: 120\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Duras's language and writing shine like crystals.\"-\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A spectacular success. . . . Duras is at the height of her powers.\"-Edmund White\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAvailable for the first time in English, \u003ci\u003eAbahn Sabana David \u003c\/i\u003eis a late-career masterpiece from one of France's greatest writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLate one evening, David and Sabana-members of a communist group-arrive at a country house where they meet Abahn, the man they've been sent to guard and eventually kill for his perceived transgressions. A fourth man arrives (also named Abahn), and throughout the night these four characters discuss existential ideas of understanding, capitalism, violence, revolution, and dogs, while a gun lurks in the background the entire time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuspenseful and thought-provoking, Duras's novel calls to mind the plays of Samuel Beckett in the way it explores human existence and suffering in the confusing contemporary world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarguerite Duras \u003c\/b\u003ewrote dozens of plays, film scripts, and novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Ravishing of Lol Stein\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sea Wall\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHiroshima, Mon Amour\u003c\/i\u003e. She's most well-known for \u003ci\u003eThe Lover\u003c\/i\u003e, which received the Goncourt Prize in 1984 and was made into a film in 1992. This is her third book to be published by Open Letter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKazim Ali \u003c\/b\u003eis a poet, essayist, and novelist, and has published a translation of \u003ci\u003eWater's Footfall \u003c\/i\u003eby Sohrab Sepehri in addition to co-translating Duras's \u003ci\u003eL'Amour\u003c\/i\u003e. He teaches at Oberlin College and the University of Southern Maine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46867108659358,"sku":"ADS-9781940953366","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781940953366.jpg?v=1779430155","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781940953366","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}