Word: coitum
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...always wanted." As a moment of realization it comes straight out of the blue for one thing, only the most attentive reader will recall at this point that Julie's father has been mentioned. It bears all the earmarks of a shattering revelation: Julie breaks down post coitum and sobs, the weather obliges with a rainstorm to maintain the right mood, and the chapter comes to an end. But it is revelation in a vacuum, unexpected and without point Alvarez never created a sense that anything needed revealing. There is no mystery or tension in this book, because nothing...
...Levin was parodying the often incompletely quoted observation of the 2nd century physician Galen: Triste est omne animal post coitum, praeter mulierem gallumque (Every animal is sad after intercourse, except the human female and the rooster...
| 1 |