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Loving relationships and the problems of love are the themes of Marguerite Duras' latest novel. Duras is one of the leading literary figures of France, whose works, including such titles as "The Lover", "La Douleur", "Outside" and "Blue Eyes Black Hair", have been translated into 25 languages.
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Original Language: French
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"Emily" is Emily Dickinson, whose #258 ("There's a certain slant of light") is disclosed midway through this eerie exposition by the narrator (Duras herself) of how she writes. At a French resort in late summer Duras and her companion, both publicly reformed alcoholics, espy a taciturn English couple for whom alcoholism is an apparent life-support system. Duras is unable to keep from writing about this couple and finally meets the woman, a former closet poet whose best poem would have been
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