Lover Du

Author: Andreia
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: Duars is world-famous for her novel The Lover, but the lovers in her life and the love stories she portrayed were more legendary and dramatic than her novels. Among her numerous lovers, Jan Andreia was a very special one, as his love affair with Duars was an "impossible love." From this book, it seems as if he is free, although the words still carry traces of the past. He did not intend to expose Duars' privacy, but the world he depicts still appears magical to us. Duars left countless mysteries in her works and life, and Jan might be the key to unlocking them, though not a universal key. In the book, Jan tells us that The Lover was not written by Duars but typed out word by word by him. The "man sitting in the hallway" and the "little boy with gray eyes" were actually him; the indistinct side profile and the magnetic voice in the film The Atlantic were also his creations. This book is a stream-of-consciousness novel and a moving lyrical prose: time and space are disordered, memories, flashbacks, and flash-forwards are intertwined, all bound by love. Of course, his narration and memories are not without shocking stories, plots, and details. Those familiar with Duars can also detect a strong "Duars flavor" in the book, from the language, tone, structure, and syntax.