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Description

Back in print in paperback, "an exquisite jewel of a novel, as multifaceted as a diamond, as seamless and polished as a pearl" ("Boston Herald"). This edition includes an Introduction by Maxine Hong Kingston that looks back at Duras's world from an intriguing new perspective--that of a visitor... read more

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First Sentence

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

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  1. Marguerite Duras (Author)
  2. Barbara Bray
 

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