A review by kirsten0929
The War by Marguerite Duras, Barbara Bray

5.0

Beautiful. The most visceral, heart-wrenching description of waiting, waiting for someone who may not be coming home, that I've ever read. Provided a really interesting perspective as a member of the French Resistance in Paris during WWII, something I know almost nothing about. Primarily memoir, based on her journals kept during the war, but ended with two short stories that I enjoyed somewhat less. Beautiful writing but as usual with a translation, I'm never sure how much is author and how much is translator.