Cities of the Plain
Proust Marcel
Maison d'édition: Jovian Press
Synopsis
While watching the pollination of the Duchess de Guer-mantes's orchid, the narrator secretly observes a sexual encounter between two men. "Flower and plant have no conscious will," Samuel Beckett wrote of Proust's representation of sexuality. "They are shameless, exposing their genitals. And so in a sense are Proust's men and women... shameless. There is no question of right and wrong."