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Jan-Maat
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Aline - half of the main character - is reading "Darkover Landfall" by Marion Zimmer Bradley as a rest from reading "Orlando" by Virginia Woolf.
The MZB is an interesting choice, I wonder if Harpman knew when writing that MZB's daughter publicised that she had been sexually abused by her mother - in any case it supports the theme of the danger and risks involved in a project of absolute self liberation
— Feb 15, 2026 10:34AM
The MZB is an interesting choice, I wonder if Harpman knew when writing that MZB's daughter publicised that she had been sexually abused by her mother - in any case it supports the theme of the danger and risks involved in a project of absolute self liberation
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Jan-Maat
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Albert Durieux etait un homme subtil, il ne commit pas l'erreur de proposer le mariage a Aline. Il sentait fort bien vette zone de retrait ou il ne fallait pas tenter de penetrer et dont elle-meme, en verite, ne savait rien.
— 19 hours, 43 min ago
Jan-Maat
is on page 43 of 254
le parfum délicat de la féminité bien tenue lui fut insupportable, c'était la prison où il avait été enfermé et dont il n'avait jamais imaginé s'évader,...je crois que les filles ne m'intéresseront pas, se dit-il. En somme, il semble que j'ai changé de sexe, mais pas de sexualité.
— Feb 15, 2026 10:48AM
Jan-Maat
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Elle ressemble á sa mère, qui ressemblait à sa mère, ce sont des générations de femmes bien élevées...
— Feb 15, 2026 06:29AM
Jan-Maat
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Consciousness has been split:
- La vérité, je le sais, est qu'elle me détestait, je lui causais sans cesse des difficultés en désirant des choses qui la faisaient rougir...
They look at themselves:
-les bottes de cuir clair, la jupe de soie et la veste Laura Ashley forment un camaïeu de beige...
— Feb 15, 2026 06:18AM
- La vérité, je le sais, est qu'elle me détestait, je lui causais sans cesse des difficultés en désirant des choses qui la faisaient rougir...
They look at themselves:
-les bottes de cuir clair, la jupe de soie et la veste Laura Ashley forment un camaïeu de beige...
Jan-Maat
is on page 12 of 254
Jamais une femme n'a été homme, jamais un homme n'a été femme.
- this narrator seems to doubt the reliability of Ovid's Metamorphosis -beware!
— Feb 15, 2026 06:09AM
- this narrator seems to doubt the reliability of Ovid's Metamorphosis -beware!
Jan-Maat
is on page 203 of 254
Further to my virginia woolf comparison i notice that this book is precise about the passage of time. It all takes place within two epochs, the first of theologically significant eight days, and the second of less than one day. No vague "time passes" here.
— Jan 17, 2026 01:04PM
Jan-Maat
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It strikrs me that in complete contrast to "Orlando" this is completely thought through and so reasonable and fantastical at the same time.
— Jan 17, 2026 01:42AM
Jan-Maat
is on page 75 of 254
[Book:mrs Dalloway] references too, do i need to read that as well to bettrr understand this?
— Jan 11, 2026 12:52PM
Jan-Maat
is on page 41 of 254
Very enjoyable so far, i could have easily have posted 60 sentences that interested me or sparked a thought.
— Jan 10, 2026 11:42AM
Jan-Maat
is starting
my plan is to read this and to howl at the moon again by reading virgina Woolf's orlando and then to come back to this a 2nd time
— Jan 10, 2026 06:56AM
