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Apr. 24th, 2013 07:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
proximoceptionAmong them Hazlitt Shelley and Byron sure have me wishing I had time to read Rousseau. Several of his books defeated me back when I was reading around. But it feels like I could see him through their eyes now - and remembering that amazing moment late in Carpentier's novel.
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Date: 2013-04-24 02:07 pm (UTC)Yeah you gotta. Explosion/Century is magnificent.
Turns out Shelley figures crucially in The Lost Steps, looks like, including Revolt of Islam, confirming my suspicions re. Carpentier. Another book I've no time to finish during the Obama administration.
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Date: 2013-04-24 04:16 pm (UTC)