The of Laoer

Author: Du
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: This is a peculiar novel, imbued with a certain ambiguity and vagueness from the very title. Is Laura the perpetrator of the kidnapping or the victim? Is she the one who abducts or the one being abducted? Perhaps, this is the bait set by the author, as Lacan said, "the abductor is Du herself," luring us readers into Du's textual world, ensnaring us like a spell, and drawing us into her world along with Laura, experiencing a kind of obsession and madness with her. Laura V. Stein is married, has left her hometown, and has three children, appearing content and happy. After ten years of a quiet life, Laura returns to her hometown with her husband. The scene of being abandoned by her beloved fiancé ten years ago has been haunting her ever since. She "abducts" her friend's boyfriend, just as the woman who "abducted" her fiancé at the ball, reliving her youthful experience.