A great book on maternity tormented, violent, poisonous. The aging mother loses vital elan which enabled him to face the world. She fights against corruption, administration and even against the waves of the Pacific. Its territory collapses, swept by the tides. Madness rode in this book but also death. The book opens with the death of the horse and lasts into the death of the mother. The mother, the brother and the small are not the same world. Violent, the limit of savagery, all three are outlawed and the bear with a beautiful pride. Marguerite Duras never made mystery of the autobiographical novel. This text is a success, perhaps due to the style of the writer. Because the reader is transported to the place she describes. The air moisture, dust that raised the passage of the Leon Bollee on the only road in the arid and dry plain, the repugnant smell of stew echassier that the mother has prepared all the meals because of the misery, the loose boards of the veranda before the simmering jungle: the rickety world and still holds a miracle ... This tale, flawless, consisting of a succession of tragic and comical scenes perfectly montees, is a real masterpiece.
