The Garden Square Av Marguerite Duras

<p>A young woman, who works as a maid for a living, takes her charge out to play in a Parisian garden square. Sitting on a bench, she starts talking to a stranger, a travelling salesman, and their conversation gradually turns into an exchange of confidences, as she speaks of her desire for a more stable future and he of his feelings of rootlessness and disillusionment. As the afternoon wears on, the two sense an increasing connection between them. <br><br>Understated and impressionistic, and consisting almost entirely of dialogue, <i>The Garden Square</i> is one of Marguerite Duras’s finest novels, which she also adapted for the stage.</p>