You were very beautiful when you were young, but compared to then, I prefer your appearance now that has gone through vicissitudes of life. The original English version is as follows:

'I've?known you for years. Every- one says you were beautiful when you were young, but I want to tell you I think you're more beautiful now than then. Rather than your face as a young woman, I perfer your face as it is now, ravaged.'

Marguerite Duras won the 1984 Prix Goncourt for her novel "The Lover". When this new work appeared at the beginning of the 1984 autumn literary book publishing season, it aroused widespread and enthusiastic responses. Major newspapers rushed to publish enthusiastic reviews. In early September, the daily circulation reached 10,000 copies.

In 1992, the novel was adapted into a film of the same name by Jean-Jacques Annaud, starring Jane March and Tony Leung Ka-fai.

Extended information:

Duras was already seventy-one years old when he wrote "The Lover". The novel tells the story from the perspective of an elderly person and writes about the passing of people. The nostalgia and nostalgia of youth. At the same time, the author's emotion about the passage of time runs through the entire article. Looking back on his youth in such a situation can arouse the excitement of readers, making this youthful and exotic love seem so precious and exciting. Endless aftertaste.

The beginning of this classic describes a woman who, when her appearance is severely damaged, longs for a former lover to come out from the crowd who are already indifferent to her aging self and express her love for her. Love that transcends time gives people a sense of helplessness and vicissitudes of life.

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