Posted by Sterling on 22/3/2008, 23:32:36, in reply to "Re: The Street of Crocodiles"
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Among other themes, it seems to me that there is Father (imagination, irrationality, madness, art) vs. Adela (pragmatic, unimaginative, sane). Of course, disorderly, insane Father desires and lusts after orderly, sane Adela. Not to mention that the servant seems to hold the real authority.
These are still half-formed ideas, but I do think that there is more going on than mere dreams. (Although the book is an exceptional evocation of the dream state.)
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: Thanks for getting us started on this one, Sterling. We
: are running a bit late.
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: I couldn't agree more with your observations--the
: similarities with Kafka and with Garcia Marquez, but
: not Proust. I also see a lot in common with the
: stories of Julio Cortazar.
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: What do we make of these stories, though? Is there a
: political or social message, is this a study of
: insanity, or are these just the dream images of an
: unfettered spirit? For the moment I'm inclined to the
: last explanation.
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