"A 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. Written in a stark and cinematic narrative style, this sequel to Duras's 1964 novel The Ravishing of Lol Stein 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" -- from publisher's web site.
- ISBN10 1934824798
- ISBN13 9781934824795
- Publish Date 1 August 2013 (first published 30 December 1992)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Open Letter
- Format Paperback
- Pages 118
- Language English