Tuesday, February 9, 2021

A Cochinchinese Childhood


In Marguerite Duras's autobiographical novel The Lover (L'Amant,) the 15.5 year old protagonist tries on a silk dress, gold lamé shoes and a pink hat before declaring:

 "I already know a thing or two. I know it's not clothes that make women beautiful or otherwise, nor beauty care, nor expensive creams, nor the distinction or costliness of their finery. I know the problem lies elsewhere. I don't know where. I only know it isn't where women think." (18) 

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