Marguerite Duras

Barney Rosset, the renegade founder of Grove Press who fought groundbreaking legal battles against censorship and introduced American readers to such provocative writers as Harold Pinter, Samuel Beckett, Eugene Ionesco and Jean Genet, died Tuesday in...

France's highest literary prize, the Prix Goncourt, was awarded to first-time novelist Alexis Jenni for his book "L'Art Français de la Guerre" (The French Art of War)....

Growing a Farmer How I Learned to Live Off the Land Kurt Timmermeister W.W. Norton: 309 pp., $24.95 I consider myself a bit of an expert in this arena, having grown up and lived exclusively in big cities, all the while dreaming about becoming a...

The Lovers A Novel Vendela Vida Ecco: 228 pp., $23.99 The Mediterranean beach setting and amorous title may give the impression that Vendela Vida's new book, "The Lovers," is a sexy vacation read. Not quite: There is a bit of romance, but it's just...

France's top literary prize, the Prix Goncourt, was awarded today to French Senagalese author Marie NDiaye for her novel "Trois Femmes Puissantes" ("Three Powerful Women"). It is the first time a black woman has received the award. Last week, NDiaye......

The Sailor From Gibraltar A Novel Marguerite Duras, translated from the French by Barbara Bray Open Letter: 276 pp., $12.95 paper For many readers, the name Marguerite Duras is synonymous with smoky cafes and doomed love affairs. Sultry heat drives...

A U.N.-backed movie on poverty made of eight segments by directors including Jane Campion and Wim Wenders will make its world premiere at the Rome Film Festival later this year, organizers said Wednesday. Titled "8," the movie aims to raise awareness...

In 1975, when French writer Marguerite Duras attended a university screening of "India Song," one of 19 daunting experimental films she directed, a student, Yann Andréa Lemée, sat through it to ask for her autograph and permission to write to her. For the...