Writing
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Duras's writing confession leads you into her writing darkroom; a literary walk that blends into the context of the times and is also a cultural memory of an era. "Writing" is Duras's masterpiece of essays in his later years. It is a collection of essays that integrates memories, philosophical contemplation and social thinking. It explores the essence of writing, historical trauma and the purity of art in poetic language. It can be regarded as Duras's confession to writing. The book contains a total of 5 essays. Among them, "Writing" was written for the documentary of the same name. It was filmed at her residence in Fort Nouvelle. In her later years, Duras faced the camera and slowly expressed her thoughts on writing, as well as her feelings about loneliness and nothingness. She recalled the origin of this residence, the solitude she created for writing, and the birth of "Laoer's Tribulation" and "Vice Consul". She admitted that writing is a "silent cry", which is both salvation and abyss. Alcohol, lovers, and night are intertwined here, and writing ultimately becomes the ultimate weapon against nothingness.
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