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An autobiographical novel by Marguerite Duras, told in fragmentary, poetic prose. Set in colonial Indochina in the 1920s, it follows a poor fifteen-year-old French girl who begins a passionate love affair with a wealthy Chinese merchant.
The author weaves a love story based on the events of the fight for the right to vote in 1867, in which only part of the male population of Britain received the right to vote.
After a few pages about a happy and peaceful childhood, we follow the growing up of a boy who first learns about the sensual world and about women by listening to their cheerful chatter and giggles on the seats with tea in his mother's home...
A lavish, darkly glamorous and sensual story of love and revenge featuring a beautiful man and a beautiful woman, who after much turmoil discover that they were made for each other.
