Author: | Marguerite Duras | ISBN: | 9780804151191 |
Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | Publication: | October 2, 2013 |
Imprint: | Pantheon | Language: | English |
Author: | Marguerite Duras |
ISBN: | 9780804151191 |
Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
Publication: | October 2, 2013 |
Imprint: | Pantheon |
Language: | English |
The Ravishing of Lol Stein is a haunting early novel by the author of The Lover. Lol Stein is a beautiful young woman, securely married, settled in a comfortable life—and a voyeur. Returning with her husband and children to the town where, years before, her fiancé had abandoned her for another woman, she is drawn inexorably to recreate that long-past tragedy. She arranges a rendezvous for her friend Tatiana and Tatiana’s lover. She arranges to spy on them. And then, she goes one step further . . .
The Ravishing of Lol Stein is a haunting early novel by the author of The Lover. Lol Stein is a beautiful young woman, securely married, settled in a comfortable life—and a voyeur. Returning with her husband and children to the town where, years before, her fiancé had abandoned her for another woman, she is drawn inexorably to recreate that long-past tragedy. She arranges a rendezvous for her friend Tatiana and Tatiana’s lover. She arranges to spy on them. And then, she goes one step further . . .