{"product_id":"lamour-9781934824795","title":"L'Amour","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Duras's language and writing shine like crystals.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA man--the traveler--arrives in the seaside town of S. Thala with the intent to abandon his present, and instead finds himself abruptly reintroduced to his past. Through his subsequent interactions with \"her,\" the woman to whom he was briefly engaged as a young man over twenty years ago, and \"him,\" the man who walks and keeps watch over \"her,\" the traveler is soon drawn back in and acclimated to the strange timelessness and company that is S. Thala.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in a stark and cinematic narrative style, this sequel to Duras's 1964 novel \u003ci\u003eThe Ravishing of Lol Stein\u003c\/i\u003e is a curious, yet haunting representation of the human memory: what we choose to recall, what we choose to forget, and how reliable we ultimately decide ourselves to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarguerite Duras\u003c\/b\u003e wrote dozens of plays, film scripts, and novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Ravishing of Lol Stein\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sea Wall\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHiroshima, Mon Amour\u003c\/i\u003e. She's most well known for \u003ci\u003eThe Lover\u003c\/i\u003e which received the Goncourt prize in 1984 and was made into a film in 1992.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKazim Ali\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet, essayist, and novelist, and has published a translation of \u003ci\u003eWater's Footfall\u003c\/i\u003e by Sohrab Sepehri. He teaches at Oberlin College and the University of Southern Maine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLibby Murphy\u003c\/b\u003e teaches at Oberlin College. She has published articles on print culture and the First World War, and on the reception of Charlie Chaplin's films in wartime and postwar France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSharon Willis\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of French and Film \u0026amp; Media Studies at the University of Rochester.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarguerite Duras\u003c\/b\u003e wrote dozens of plays, film scripts, and novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Ravishing of Lol Stein\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sea Wall\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHiroshima, Mon Amour\u003c\/i\u003e. She's most well known for \u003ci\u003eThe Lover\u003c\/i\u003e which received the Goncourt prize in 1984 and was made into a film in 1992.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKazim Ali\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet, essayist, and novelist, and has published a translation of \u003ci\u003eWater's Footfall\u003c\/i\u003e by Sohrab Sepehri. He teaches at Oberlin College and the University of Southern Maine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLibby Murphy\u003c\/b\u003e teaches at Oberlin College. She has published articles on print culture and the First World War, and on the reception of Charlie Chaplin's films in wartime and postwar France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSharon Willis\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of French and Film \u0026amp; Media Studies at the University of Rochester.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Open Letter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50857119187218,"sku":"9781934824795","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b39a27a8-4b54-40de-8812-2e3d40af5471.jpg?v=1737522073","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lamour-9781934824795","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}