Marguerite Yourcenar

Uh-huh

... and the beginning of the section on History with Marguerite Yourcenar's-

Mm-hmm

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I mean, part of the brilliance of it.

And then you shift to this completely other kind of novel, seemingly antithetical novel, first person, virtuosic Memoirs of Hadrian, which is a very beautiful reading.

And one of the things that it was a gift of your reading is at the end when you shift to talk about the text that Yourcenar adds to the end of the book, the reflections on the composition of, of Memoirs of Hadrian, which I always felt was somehow super important-

Mm-hmm

E stai lì.

E sai cosa succede? Che lo diceva Marguerite Yourcenar: devi saper guardare nel buio.

Ecco, guardare nel buio.

Devi sapere aspettare.