Pornotropic

Pornotropic : Marguerite Duras et l'illusion coloniale

Also known as Pornotropic: Marguerite Duras and the Colonial Illusion, Marguerite Duras y la ilusión colonial: pornotropic, Marguerite Duras „Pornotropic“, Pornotropic: prostituzione e colonialismo secondo Marguerite Duras, Μαργκερίτ Ντυράς: Μνήμες αποικιοκρατίας

When French writer Marguerite Duras (1914-96) published her novel The Sea Wall in 1950, she came very close to winning the prestigious Prix Goncourt. Meanwhile, in Indochina, France was suffering its first military defeats in its war against the Việt Minh, the rebel movement for independence.