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The Ravishing of Lol Stein

Name: The Ravishing of Lol Stein
Author: Marguerite Duras

Marguerite DurasOriginal title Le ravissement de Lol V. Stein (French, 1964)

Le ravissement de Lol V. Stein is a novel written by Marguerite Duras and published in France by Gallimard in 1964. The text was translated by Richard Seaver and published as The Ravishing of Lol Stein in the US by Grove Press in 1966. The text was also translated by Eileen Ellenbogen in the UK as The rapture of Lol V. Stein for Hamish Hamilton in 1967.

“She had lived her early years as though she were waiting for something she might, but never did, become.”

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“That she had so completely recovered her sanity was a source of sadness to her. One should never be cured of one's passion.”

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“In a certain state of mind, all trace of feeling is banished. Whenever I remain silent in a certain way, I don't love you, have you noticed that?”

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“All that remains of that minute is time in all its purity, bone-white time.”

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