Table of Contents
Preface ix
Note on the Transcription xv
Note on the Translation xvii
I The War Notebooks
Pink Marbled Notebook
Introduction 5
Childhood and Adolescence in Indochina 7
Ter of the Militia (Rough Draft) 51
Wife to Marcel 59
Albert of the Capitals (Rough Draft) 61
The Rue de la Gaiete 73
The Sea Wall (Rough Draft) 75
Expecting 77
The Sea Wall (Rough Draft) 79
20th Century Press Notebook
Introduction 93
Theodora 95
The War (Rough Draft) 103
Hundred-Page Notebook
Introduction 125
The War (Rough Draft) 127
Beige Notebook
Introduction 151
The Sea Wall (Rough Draft) 153
The Horror of Such Love (Rough Draft) 159
Vacation with D. 163
Memories of Italy 165
Did Not Die Deported 179
The Sailor from Gibraltar (Rough Draft) 185
Rue Saint-Benoit: Madame Dodin (Rough Draft) 191
II Other Texts
Introduction 227
Boundless Childhood 229
Stories 241
Cambodian Dancers 243
"Is That You, Sister Marguerite?" 247
Horror 251
The Bible 259
The Stolen Pigeons 263
Eda or the Leaves 269
The War Notebooks and the Published Works of Marguerite Duras 281
Index of People and Characters 285
Detailed Table of Contents 291