Part VII: The Border Summary

Whenenever Jan and Edwige make love, she is perfectly silent which prompts Jan to swear he will never repeat the act with her again. He meets an actress named Hanna who adores his friend Passer. Currently, all of society adores Passer, who has cancer, but does not believe the doctors and walks around elated and happy. She meets him at the country home of the Clevises' and she and Passer go picking mushrooms together, wandering to a local cafe and drinking wine until they slowly wander back home. Later in the novel, Passer will say that although he has been forbidden to walk long distances or drink wine anymore, it was one of the happiest moments of his life because Hanna did not treat him like he was sick, unlike the rest of his friends and acquaintances...