He Possessed Her – “Lust, Caution”

He Possessed Her – “Lust, Caution” – Eileen Chang

April 6th, 2011 · No Comments · Literature, Love, Prose, Writing

He was not optimistic about the way the war was going, and he had no idea how it would turn out for him. But now that he had enjoyed the love of a beautiful woman, he could die happy – without regret. He could feel her shadow forever near him, comforting him. Even though she had hated him at the end, she had at least felt something. And now he possessed her utterly, primitively – as a hunter does his quarry, a tiger his kill. Alive, her body belonged to him; dead, she was his ghost.

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