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The Avignon Quincunx
"In the layer beneath the dollies (as in a box of chocolates) were stored all sorts of necrophiliac thoughts and tendencies which lead to an exaggerated dread of graves, corpses, etc. These fears are sublimated into love for statues, waxworks, effigies, all dead objects. The reason for the fascination is the appeal of defencelessness. The corpse cannot defend itself. 'Listen to that,' I cry to the sleeping gypsy. 'The corpse cannot defend itself, nor can the sleeper.'"
Lawrence Durrell - from Monsieur, the first book of 'The Avignon Quintet'.
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09-03-2007
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