In Marguerite Duras' novel, The Lover, there are many aspects or styles that this book differs from the other two books we have read thus far. The style of writing, the setting, crucial moments, and important images are a few of the aspects that set this book apart from most others.
The style of writing used in this book is different from that of the first two books. The Stranger was written in chapter form with two separate sections or parts. Snow Country was written in to two different parts. The big difference between these two and The Lover are that this book was not written with any chapters. It was written down as if she only wrote bits and pieces at a time. She must have written things down as they came to her or as she felt like putting them down. …
