An instant number-one best-seller in France, The North China Lover both shocks and entrances its readers. Initially written as notes toward a film script for The Lover, the book has the grainy, filmic qualities of a documentary. Far more daring and truthful than any book Duras has written before, The North China Lover emphasizes the realities of her youth in Indochina and reveals much that her earlier works concealed.
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One of France’s most important literary figures, MARGUERITE DURAS (1914-1996) is best known in the United States for her autobiographical novel The Lover and the screenplay for Hiroshima, Mon Amour. Her memoir The War and a collection of her World War II– era notebooks, Wartime Writings: 1943-1949, are also available from The New Press.
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“我们会跟别的人做爱。” “是的。” “然后有一天,我们会爱上别人。” “会的。” “然后有一天,我们会说起我们自己,是跟新的人说,我们会讲述事情的经过。” “然后,另一天,再晚些时候,很久以后,我们会把故事写出来。” “有一天我们会死的。” “是的,棺材里将有爱情和尸体。” “是的,棺材外面要放着书。”
为了在你走后还能见到他。为了跟他交朋友,为了谈论你、保罗和我们的母亲,为了由于对你的爱而一起流泪。
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