it’s 4 AM and I just finished The Secret History and I’m–
I would like to point out a few things…
SPOILER ALERT!
(I’m in tears reading my notes)
- Henry’s ghost arranging flowers at the hospital
- The Madame Isaac Pereire roses that smelled of raspberry and that Henry couldn’t see (nor smell–)
- Francis’ suicide letter (I screamed)
- Francis Abernathy
- Charles and Camille (it hurts)
- Richard talking to Henry in his dream (and the beautiful comparison with Achilles and Patroclus)
- Henry being always him
- Richard feeling too far away from Henry even in dreams
yeah, that’s me crying
“I can’t translate myself into language any more.”— Alice Notley, from “Ruby Goes to Pieces,” Culture of One
(via sleepingtigers)