{"product_id":"destroy-she-said-a-novel","title":"Destroy, She Said: A Novel","description":"\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn this classic novel by the bestselling author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Lover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, erotic intrigue masks a chillingly deceptive form of madness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eElisabeth 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.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLike many of Marguerite Duras’s novels, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDestroy, She Said\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 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.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIncluded in this volume is an in-depth interview with Duras by Jacques Rivette and Jean Narboni.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Best of used books","offers":[{"title":"Used","offer_id":44274755797249,"sku":"2QV5UGUM9-Used","price":399.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0421\/4299\/0495\/products\/Destroy.jpg?v=1656422482","url":"https:\/\/bestofusedbooks.com\/products\/destroy-she-said-a-novel","provider":"Best Of Used Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}