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An Aesthete at Surfer’s
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An Aesthete at Surfer’s

May 12, 2020 Ralph Lavelle1 Comment

When I was a young aesthete, a long time ago now, I sat down and watched the movie Death in Venice. The image of Dirk Bogarde sunk in his deckchair on the Venice Lido, hair dye running down his face, as everyone else (including the object of his obsession, Tadzio) fled the cholera-ravaged city, all… Continue reading An Aesthete at Surfer’s

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