The Ravishing of Lol Stein

Author

Marguerite Duras

Original Work

The Ravishing of Lol Stein

Translator

Richard Seaver

Language

English

Year

1986

Publisher

Pantheon Books

Country

United States

Pages

181

ISBN

978-0394743042

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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 . . .— Google Books