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The Lover

Marguerite Duras

Form
Form Novel
Year
Year 1984
Originally in
Originally in French
Pages
Pages 115

An old writer remembers being fifteen in colonial Saigon: the ferry crossing, the wealthy Chinese lover, the ruinous family, and the desire that marked her face for life.

One day, I was already old, in the entrance of a public place a man came up to me.
The Lover, Marguerite Duras

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