FR 138 The French Novel on Film
The Lover
Reading Questions, p. 3-35

1.  What do we learn about the author's life as a young girl in Saigon:  where does she go to school?  Who does she live with? 

2.  How old is she and what is she wearing when she crosses the Mekong river?   What is remarkable about her clothing?

3.  What will happen to the author's mother and younger brother later, during World War II and the Japanese occupation of Indochine?

4.  Who is the man on the ferry who comes to talk to the young girl?  Why do you think she gets in his car?