{"product_id":"the-easy-life-paperback","title":"The Easy Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarguerite Duras\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKate Zambreno\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eEmma Ramadan\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor the first time in English, literary icon Marguerite Duras's \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003efoundational masterpiece about a young woman's existential \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ebreakdown in the deceptively peaceful French countryside.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Easy Life\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of Francine Veyrenattes, a twenty-five-year-old woman who already feels like life is passing her by. After witnessing a series of tragedies on her family farm, she alternates between intense grief and staggering boredom as she discovers a curious detachment in herself, an inability to navigate the world as others do. Hoping to be cleansed of whatever ails her, she travels to the coast to visit the sea. But there she finds herself unraveling, uncertain of what is inside her. Lying in the sun with her toes in the sand by day while psychologically dissolving in her hotel room by night, she soon reaches the peak of her inner crisis and must grapple with whether and how she can take hold of her own existence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn extraordinary examination of a young woman's estrangement from the world that only Marguerite Duras could have written, \u003ci\u003eThe Easy Life\u003c\/i\u003e is a work of unsettling beauty and insight, and a bold, spellbinding journey into the depths of the human heart.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarguerite Duras \u003c\/b\u003ewas one of France's most important and prolific writers. Born Marguerite Donnadieu in 1914 in what was then French Indochina, she went to Paris in 1931 to study at the Sorbonne. During WWII she was active in the Resistance, and in 1945 she joined the Communist Party. Duras wrote many novels, plays, films, and essays during her lifetime. She is perhaps best known for her internationally bestselling novel \u003ci\u003eThe Lover\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Prix Goncourt in 1984. She died in Paris in 1996. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmma Ramadan\u003c\/b\u003e is a literary translator of poetry and prose from France, North Africa, and the Middle East. She is the recipient of a Fulbright, an NEA Translation Fellowship, the 2018 Albertine Prize, and the 2021 PEN Translation Prize. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOlivia Baes\u003c\/b\u003e is a Franco-American multidisciplinary artist who grew up between France, Catalonia, and the United States. She holds a Master of the Arts in Cultural Translation from the American University of Paris. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKate Zambreno\u003c\/b\u003e is the author most recently of \u003ci\u003eDrifts\u003c\/i\u003e (Riverhead) and \u003ci\u003eTo Write As If Already Dead\u003c\/i\u003e (Columbia UP). \u003ci\u003eThe Light Room\u003c\/i\u003e, a meditation on art and care, is forthcoming from Riverhead in July 2023. She teaches writing at Columbia University and Sarah Lawrence College.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.1 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 06, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42697645817919,"sku":"9781635578515","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/abed3d6e681fefef57eb6e6a70cdf0d0.webp?v=1765009461","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-easy-life-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}