In essays and interviews, Marguerite Duras questions herself, political inertias, cinema, and literature, discussing the themes, settings, and characterizations that lie at the heart of a cycle of enigmatic works that have captured the imagination of readers and film viewers around the world. The mystery that surrounds her characters - Anne Marie Stretter, the Vice-Consul, the beggar woman of Savannahket, Lol V. Stein - is not dispelled, but as they appear and reappear in book, script, and film, we began to understand their strange seduction. With 'India Song' (her shooting script and working notes are included in this book), Marguerite Duras broke new ground. Critical essays and appreciations by renowned French thinkers explore the ways this and her other works have generated new possibilities in writing and image-making at a critical juncture in Western representation.