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The Lover by Marguerite Duras (Pantheon, $10). A book that I keep within reach to remind myself of what literature can do with life. Reading more like memoir than fiction, this gorgeously written tale of erotic love, of family love, and of family hate describes a young girl’s wild passage into womanhood.
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