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April 25, 2005
"Tolstoy, 34, seeks Anna 07939 666328"
(My pick of the London Review of Books Personals. They're all worth a read, actually.)
What message is this personal ad trying to convey? One of two things, I suggest:
"Greying, tormented moralist seeks fleshy woman first to objectify and then to throw under oncoming train."
"Pompous fool who hasn't read a book since university seeks easily-impressed romantic just educated enough to recognise a literary reference, but too dim to grasp its full, morbid connotations."
Posted by michele at April 25, 2005 5:53 PM
Comments
So is "Salinger seeks Sagan"... All I want to say, "Why?!".
At least "Published poet seeks cleaner" is no-nonsense bottom line, even with the fake guilding of "with passion for literature/drama".
Tat
Posted by: Tatyana at April 28, 2005 3:21 AM
Yeah, they don't think these things through very well, do they? From what I hear, Salinger was quite impotent, so what he would do with a French sex fiend I have no idea.
Posted by: Michele at April 28, 2005 1:03 PM