Afternoon (duras Complete Works 3)
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Duras's poetic works, lonely and persistent whispers, subtle flowing emotions, and new attempts at cross-border imaging. "Afternoon: The Complete Works of Duras 3" is the third volume of "The Complete Works of Duras". It includes three works written by Duras between 1954 and 1962: "The Day of the Trees", "The Square" and "The Afternoon of Monsieur Andesma". They are all distinctive fictional sketches, and the experimental nature of the writing is particularly prominent. "The Day I Climb a Tree" is a collection of stories, including four stories: "The Day I Climb a Tree", "The Python", "Mrs. Daodan" and "The Construction Site". It uses fictional stories to write about themes such as maternal love, prejudice and desperate love. "The Square" uses a trivial conversation between a mobile vendor and a young maid on a chair in a street square to express daily life and capture subtle emotions, especially people's loneliness in society. "Mr. Andesma's Afternoon" describes a summer afternoon in the mountains. The seventy-eight-year-old Mr. Andesma is waiting for the construction contractor to arrive in front of the house he bought for his beloved only daughter. For several hours, the protagonist's memories of the past, the ups and downs of his thoughts, and the interplay of light and shadow in the mountains create a melancholy atmosphere.
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