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Author QuotedEugène Ionesco
Title QuotedPieton de l'air
Date (Year/Month/Day)1964/12/20
Imprint[S.l.] : [s.n.]. 1962
QuotationAm working on Philoxenus and Ephrem. Yesterday I finished Ionesco's Le Pieton de l'air which is extraordinarily beautiful, though uneven. The basic idea is wonderful, and it is his best, deepest idea. Especially moved by Marthe.
Quotation SourceDancing in the Water of Life: Seeking Peace in the Hermitage. The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 5, 1963-1965.; Edited by Robert E. Daggy. / San Francisco : Harper Collins. 1997, p. 181
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