He was a great novelist. He avoided the big juvenile traps: on the one hand, repeatedly writing about one’s childhood and one’s limited experiences, and, on the other hand, confining his characters to slogans such as do good or better days are ahead.
He knew he went against the grain of what was considered acceptable in his country; a country in which the novel frequently used everything from camaraderie to horror, and from war to sex, in order to avoid the birth of a new Emma Bovary. Emma’s sensuality would have scandalized a society in which some, if not most, deified violence and crucified sensual love. Should I mention The Scarlet Letter?
He loved me. In his last note to me he wrote:
“Love and sensuality include divination: a thirst for deciphering the signs inscribed in the sacred area of our subconscious, a craving for knowing what the future holds, and the supplication that providence or god will fulfill our desires.
How much we want that which is not only given to us but that which we create too: Mircea Eliade’s homo religiosus, that alter-ego who lives inside us and conjures the meanings we create in sacred times and spaces.
Love and sensuality are the well of eternity.
Will I advise you to write about love? No.
Yet I know you will do it.”
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Gabriela Marie Milton
2022 Pushcart Prize Nominee
Publisher, Editor, Award Winning & #1 Amazon Bestselling Author
Books:
Hidden in Childhood: A Poetry Anthology (ed.), Literary Revelations, 2023
Wounds I Healed: The Poetry of Strong Women (ed.), Experiments in Fiction, 2022.
Woman: Splendor and Sorrow :I Love Poems and Poetic Prose, Vita Brevis Press, 2021.
Passions: Love Poems and Other Writings, Vita Brevis Press, 2020
Molto bella e profonda questa riflessione.
Grazie di cuore Roberto.
Love and sensuality are the well of eternity. truly heart Touching . ……… love all
Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
My heart stopped, just for a moment. And then it began to beat again.
Beautiful.
Liz, I am so grateful to you. Thank you very much.
xoxo
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Lovely read!
Thank you dear Dawn.
My pleasure!
xoxo
‘Should I mention the Scarlet Letter?’ – unknown to me until you did – so yes Gabriela – says he taking you quite literally.
Thank you Eric for your wonderful words and support. Says she from the bottom of her heart.
Wonderful, Gabriela.
Thank you so much Timothy. long time no see. I hope you and everyone else is ok. hugs to the kitties.
All well. How about you?
Glad to hear. All well. I just got back from a trip in Europe.
A beautiful poem, Gabriela!
Thank you so much my dearest Layla.
xoxo
what a beautiful and touching poem Gabriela and so exciting about your next project. I love it!!!❤️❤️❤️
Oh, my dearest Cindy, thank you so much. Sending you lots of love for the entire family.
I might have said this of your work before, but this is powerful. It shows insight into love, the kind of love that could affect a community or a nation.
Thank you so much. I am deeply grateful for your wonderful words.
Nice post 🙂
Thank you dear.
Most welcome.
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This drew me right in with the first line. He was a great novelist. Who? How? Causing reading repetition. So real, pondering the question: Is this a real person?
Also triggered dictionary and search engine searches to dig deeper into definitions and character understanding. Also appreciated the lines “a craving for knowing what the future holds, and the supplication that providence or god will fulfill our desires.” And “that alter-ego who lives inside us and conjures the meanings we create in sacred times and spaces.”
Angelo, thank you so much for your comment. Highly appreciated.
thank you very much for the faithfulness with which you read my blog, even when I’m absent maybe too much,,,
My pleasure dear 🌸