And he did, did it in the unctuousness of blood.

The sea, the immensity, gathering, receding, returning. I caress his body amid the sound, the passers-by. It sounds as if theyРІР‚в„ўre all going through the room. To the extent that the novel is true (and there are various interpretations of this), the affair obviously simmered beneath the surface of her entire life: РІР‚СљThe sound of the cityРІР‚в„ўs so near, so close, you can hear it brushing against the wood of the shutters. While Duras is writing of a Saigon long-gone, she evokes an atmosphere that lingers still today: РІР‚СљIРІР‚в„ўm fifteen and a half, there are no seasons in that part of the world, we have just the one season, hot, monotonous, weРІР‚в„ўre in the long hot girdle of the earth, with no spring, no renewal.РІР‚СњР”Вuras published the book in 1984, when she was 70. The backdrop is colonial Saigon, a teeming yet shadowy and sometimes oppressive city, seen from the perspective of a child who isnРІР‚в„ўt quite sure of her place in the world, but is certainly aware of its inequities and tragedies. Written in a kind of eddying, dreamy style, this is a complex reflection on mothers and daughters, adult responsibility, mental illness and addiction, set at a compellingly interesting juncture in history. Her father died of amoebic dysentery, but her mother chose to stay in Saigon to raise her three children. While this forms the nexus of the story, she also writes of her poverty-stricken family and their gradual, bitter estrangement.Р”Вuras was born in Gia Dinh, a town north of Saigon, her father a teacher and her mother the head of a girlsРІР‚в„ў school.

We do.Р”Р„t the centre of the book is DurasРІР‚в„ў affair with the son of a wealthy Chinese businessman that began when she was a schoolgirl aged 15, and he was 27. If youРІР‚в„ўd like to read intelligent and thoughtful material about the region, please consider subscribing.

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