Sunday, December 21, 2008

Recommended Reading - Fire In The Blood


I enjoyed reading Suite Francais by Irene Nemirovsky, an intense book which was to me (in a weird way) a kind of antithesis of Castle to Castle by Celine, so I decided to read Nemirovsky's Fire in the Blood which started slow but built in intensity to the inevitable conclusion.
I'll give you the best quote
"After all, the three of us were young. It wasn't just about the pleasures of the flesh . No, it wasn't that simple. The flesh is so easy to satisfy. It's the heart that is insatiable, the heart that needs to love, to despair, to burn with any kind of fire...That was what we wanted. To burn, to be consumed, to devour our days just as fire devours the forest."
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3 comments:

Belle de Ville said...

Thank you so much for your comment. This sounds like an excellent exhibition. I hope that my east coast readers will get to see it...and I will try to if I get to New York.

Anonymous said...

Merçi beacoup Hannah Furst pour toutes ces informations, occasion merveilleuse pour visiter New York.


Merçi à vous aussi Belle, je visite votre blogue en silence fréquemment pour rester branchée.

Orane

Belle de Ville said...

Orane,
Thank you for your comment. Come back and visit often!

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