Tuesday, October 10, 2017
from A Lover's Discourse by Roland Barthes
"A mandarin fell in love with a courtesan. 'I shall be yours,' she told him, 'when you have spent a hundred nights waiting for me, sitting on a stool, in my garden, beneath my window.' But on the ninety-ninth night, the mandarin stood up, put his stool under his arm, and went away."
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
-
According to OED, elfin is the correct form of the adjective meaning "of elves", as oaken is "of oaks", and twiggen is ... -
The sea has no oranges, Seville no love. Sunburned girl, give me a parasol to shelter from your fiery eyes. You said pececillos but ...
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.