Blue Eyes, Black Hair

Romance

Author: Marguerite Duras

Emotionally charged, sparsely written, and vicariously compelling, Marguerite Duras’s novel centers on the desire of a young man for another man he has only glimpsed once, but with whom he falls desperately in love…..Read More

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