ItisFrenchColonialVietnamin1929.AyoungFrenchgirlfromafamilythatishavingsomemonetarydifficultiesisreturningtoboardingschool.SheisaloneonpublictransportationwhenshecatchestheeyeofawealthyChinesebusinessman.Heoffersherarideintotowninthebackofhischauffeuredsedan,andsparksfly.Canthetorridaffairthatensuesbetweenthemovercometheclassrestrictionsandsocialmoresofthattime?Basedonthesemi-autobiographicalnovelbyMargueriteDuras.WrittenbyCalLottcal.lott@gsb.uchicago.edu