Our History 1984 Robert Avranche, a garage owner whos often in an alcoholic stupor, is on a train thinking that nothing good ever happens to him A young woman enters the compartment and tells him a story about the two of them then offers him sex She leaves at the next station he follows her and clings Shes Donatienne, languid, bored, sad, sleeping with many men but in love with a one whos indifferent Robert insists on living with her She calls his friends to remove him Hes obdurate Neighbors stare Is this farce or fairy tale Robert and Donatienne tell each other stories, writing themselves in and out Will he sober up will she smile Whose story is it, and how might it end