Archive for February, 2008

Bel Ami

Posted on February 4, 2008. Filed under: Books, Chronicles | Tags: beauty, Bel-Ami, Guy de Maupassant, intellectuality |

It is true that there are those among us who accumulate all the blessings, being at the same time intelligent and beautiful. Well, they surely exist, but are as rare as a four-leaf clover or a freaking solar eclipse. All the planets must be alligned to produce one such a phenomenon, all odds must cooperate [...]