Ravishing of Lol Stein by Marguerite Duras
The Ravishing of Lol Stein by Marguerite Duras. Translated by Richard Seaver. 1966 Grove Press, second printing, 181 pages. Duras was a celebrated French novelist, playwright, and writer, well-known for her novel The Lover, a story of a teenager falling in love with an older Chinese man. In her New York Times obituary: "The mysteries of love and sex consumed her, but she had no room for sentimentality in her works, or indeed, in her life." Ravishing is an early novel.
Condition: VG
"Her elegance, both when she moved and when she was in repose, was upsetting, Tatiana maintains."
The Ravishing of Lol Stein by Marguerite Duras. Translated by Richard Seaver. 1966 Grove Press, second printing, 181 pages. Duras was a celebrated French novelist, playwright, and writer, well-known for her novel The Lover, a story of a teenager falling in love with an older Chinese man. In her New York Times obituary: "The mysteries of love and sex consumed her, but she had no room for sentimentality in her works, or indeed, in her life." Ravishing is an early novel.
Condition: VG
"Her elegance, both when she moved and when she was in repose, was upsetting, Tatiana maintains."