Inde et Indochine: E. M. Forster et M. Duras au miroir de l'Asie.(Book Review)

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From: The Modern Language Review
Date: 20040701
Author:Hughes, Edward

Inde et Indochine: E. M. Forster et M. Duras au miroir de l'Asie. By YVES CLAVARON. Paris: Champion. 2001. 318pp. 57.95 [euro]. ISBN 2-7453-0365-1.

At first sight, the worlds of Marguerite Duras and E. M. Forster seem poles apart. Whereas Duras was brought up in an impoverished colonial family in French IndoChina, Forster enjoyed a privileged childhood in Victorian England. They also followed opposite itineraries in adulthood to the extent that Duras moved to Europe whereas Forster 'discovered' India. The geographical point of intersection that exerted fascination on both ...

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