Last Words from Montmartre

Last Words from MontmartreBy: Qiu Miaojin An NYRB Classics Original When the pioneering Taiwanese novelist Qiu Miaojin committed suicide in 1995 at age twenty six, she left behind her unpublished masterpiece, Last Words from Montmartre. Unfolding through a series of letters written by an unnamed narrator, Last Words tells the story of a passionate relationship between two young womentheir sexual awakening, their gradual breakup, and the devastating aftermath of their broken

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