L'amant

Tyreek 2022-04-23 07:03:42

There wasn't a breath of wind and that night the music had spread all over the black liner like an injction from heavn related to something unknown like a order from god whose meaning was inscrutable.
she had wept because she had thought of that man from Cholon--her lover and suddenly she wasn't sure of not having loved him with a love she hadn't seen because it had lost itself in the story like water in the sand and that she was rediscovering it now in this moment of music flung across the sea.

Years after the war, after the marriages, the children, the divorces, the books, he had come to Paris with his wife.
He had phoned her.
He wad intimidated.
His voice trembled and with the trembling it had found the accent of China again.
He knew she'd begun writing books.
He had also heard about the younger brother's death.
He had been sad for her and he hadn't known what to tell her and then he'd told her that it was as before that he still loved her that he would never stop loving her that he would love her until his death.

View more about The Lover reviews

Extended Reading
  • Clotilde 2022-03-27 09:01:15

    A rare fit with Duras' original; Duras said it should be dusty, not muddy Vietnam, but the dampness is just right. I especially love those close-ups of the flesh, the blurred and fragrant lust that travels around, the golden organs, the surging hormones of Jane's youth, the disdain and stubbornness flowing between the eyebrows, it is destined to be a fatal temptation. Girls always mature and grow old overnight. He said that he would like to meet you twenty years ago.

  • Kellie 2022-03-26 09:01:11

    Duras is a crazy woman

The Lover quotes

  • The Elder Brother: Do you want to fight? Take care little buddy. It'd take two of you to do the job.

    The Chinaman: Oh no. A lot more than that. Four of me. You have no idea how weak I am...

  • The Chinaman: My body no longer wants the one who does not love.