CONTENTS
Title Page
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THE RUIN OF KASCH
Note for Lucien
Living in the Torrent
Exempla Voluptatis
The Grand Ball
Treacherous Trifles
Dismal Glory
“The Mysterious Force of Legitimacy”
Arcana Imperii
The Origins of Sweetness
Eulogius
L’Autrichienne
The Woodcutter and the Fisherman
Goethe in Venice
On Taste
Metamorphoses of Style
A Belated Nostalgia for Sorrow
The Languor of a Park in Berry
Around Port-Royal
The Ruin of Kasch
Among the Ruins of Kasch
Elements of Sacrifice
Law and Order
The Forest Doctrine
Archives and Will-o’-the-Wisps
Postcards from the Quaternary
The Demon of Repetition
Goethe’s Birthday
Sacrificial Crumbs
The Antiromantic Child
Limits
Process
Glosses on Marx
Ricardo’s Ruthlessness
Geldkristall
History Makes Experiments
The Artificial Barbarian
Un frisson nouveau
Behind the Glass
Bien-aimé
A Visit to Picpus
“The Organization Wouldn’t Like That”
The Moscow Doorkeeper
Montaigne’s Wake
The Wolf-Man Recalls
Voices from the Palais-Royal
Mundus Patet
Letter from Saint Petersburg
Notes
Index of Names, Places, and Works
Also by Roberto Calasso
A Note About the Author and Translator
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