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...disgusting blooms that throb with sensual palpitations. . . . Stretched from tree to palm in long, elastic curves, like carelessly hung nets [the lianas catch] falling leaves, branches, and fruits, [hold] them for years until they sag and burst like rotten bags, scattering blind reptiles, rusty salamanders, hairy spiders . . . the comejen grub gnaws at the trees like quick-spreading syphilis . . .; everywhere is the reek of fermentation, steaming shadows, the sopor of death, the enervating process of procreation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Latin Prose | 9/4/1944 | See Source »

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