Last Words from Montmartre

by Qiu Miaojin

Book Overview

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When the pioneering Taiwanese novelist Qiu Miaojin committed suicide in 1995 at age twenty-six, she left behind her unpublished masterpiece, Last Words from Montmartre .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 women--their sexual awakening, their gradual breakup, and the devastating aftermath of their broken love. In a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590177258
• ISBN13: 9781590177259
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: New York Review of Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.2"