Square

Author: (French) Duras (Duras/M.)/Wang Daqian
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: She is the housekeeper who handles all the chores, one of the countless Breton women getting off at the Paris train station. He is a traveling vendor at the rural market, selling a few needles, threads, and miscellaneous items. They—thousands upon thousands—have nothing. They cannot escape the loneliness within them, wallowing in self-pity, complaining about fate, feeling empty inside, and yearning for love. In chance encounters, on summer squares, these scenes unfold, yet they remain solitary. A "dramatic" novel that later became a play adapted and performed by Duras, still touring France to this day. Through the mundane conversations of a traveling vendor and a young housekeeper sitting on chairs in a street square, it depicts their daily lives, capturing their subtle emotions, particularly the loneliness of individuals in society.