The girl in "The Lover from North China" is so heartbreaking. The self in Duras's eyes, the girl's appearance, is not only beautiful, but also the beauty that "may bring danger". "There is another thing at work in girls," she said, "that is 'inevitable', that wild curiosity, lack of education, and yes, lack of girlish shyness.… ...beautiful doesn't matter. It's not involved, it's just involved."
"The girl didn't recognize it right away. She stayed there, standing in front of it. Looking at it. Then recognized it. Then recognized it again. He came out. Then saw him, the man from Manchuria. Asleep or dead. The master of that hand, the companion of the journey." The girl crossed the road, doing what he and she knew would be What happens, this thing is called love. Then they each left, no one mentioned the pain they suffered. They have become lovers.
"She was standing under the ceiling fan. She smiled at the coolness. She was very happy. Neither of them realized that the love was there. It was just the desires that lingered."
"He watched her go, drink water, and come back.
He It was as if he had forgotten her and then remembered."
"He said his body no longer wanted the woman who was leaving, that she had left his body so alone, and forever alone, forever.
He didn't speak of pain. Pain ravaged herself. She said that her body was beginning to love the pain and that he replaced the girl's body.
At the time, she always found this statement incomprehensible. Furthermore, his explanation for it was unclear.
He could have said, yes, he used to love her madly and desperately, and now that love has no name, he can only love the love that makes him miserable."
"Girls love to read across the Liutai . The big school playground, the covered yards, the dorms, and the dread of being in the dark. The little janitors' desire for the white teenage girls returning late at night also excites her."
"She is the girl who didn't have a name in the first book, the book before the first, and this book."
The love between her and him, never admitted, need not be emphasized, has no place to live, and lasts forever.
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