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Best read at the sentence level, this is more abstruse than Darconville’s Cat, but it’s a fascinating meditation on art, civilization, Eros, and identity.
— Jul 08, 2026 08:25AM
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The language and shifting metaphors are dense but not impenetrable. There is an elegiac irony to many passages. How would Attila fare in the twentieth century? Is the collapsing civilization of Rome analogous to the collapsing psyche and identity of Coll? How does the romantic nature and absurd chivalry of Quijote inform the relationships of Quixote here?
— Apr 25, 2026 10:08PM
