In this classic novel by the best-selling author of The Lover, erotic intrigue masks a chillingly deceptive form of madness. Elisabeth Alione is convalescing in a hotel in rural France when she meets two men and another woman. The sophisticated dalliance among the four serves to obscure an underlying violence, which, when the curtain of civilization is drawn aside, reveals in her fellow guests a very contemporary, perhaps even new, form of insanity. Like many of Duras's novels, Destroy, She Said owes much to cinema, displaying a skillful interplay of dialogue and description. There are recurring moods and motifs from the Duras repertoire: eroticism, lassitude, stifled desire, a beautiful woman, a mysterious forest, a desolate provincial hotel. Included in this volume is an in-depth interview with Duras by Jacques Rivette and Jean Narboni.
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Hardback Editions
September 1970 : Hardback
| Title: Destroy Author(s): Marguerite Duras ISBN: 0-241-01809-9 / 978-0-241-01809-5 (UK edition) Publisher: H.Hamilton Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
Paperback Editions
January 1994 : Paperback
| Title: Destroy, She Said Author(s): Marguerite Duras ISBN: 0-8021-5154-X / 978-0-8021-5154-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Grove Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
September 1986 : Paperback
| Title: Destroy, She Said: Marguerite Duras Author(s): Marguerite Duras, Jacques Rivette, Barbara Bray ISBN: 0-394-62326-6 / 978-0-394-62326-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Grove Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Other Editions
1979 : Unknown
| Title: Destroy, she said Author(s): Marguerite Duras ISBN: 0-8357-0448-3 / 978-0-8357-0448-9 (USA edition) Publisher: University Microfilms International Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
January 1970 : Unknown
| Title: DESTROY, SHE SAID Author(s): Marguerite Duras Publisher: Grove Press Availability: Amazon More details... |
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