{"id":134106,"date":"2019-03-05T13:00:19","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T18:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=134106"},"modified":"2019-03-05T10:22:42","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T15:22:42","slug":"redux-lovers-surprised-by-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2019\/03\/05\/redux-lovers-surprised-by-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Redux: Lovers Surprised by Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Every week, the editors of\u00a0<\/i>The Paris Review<i>\u00a0lift the paywall on a selection of interviews, stories, poems, and more from the magazine\u2019s archive. You can have these unlocked pieces delivered straight to your inbox every Sunday by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/dkY3AH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Every week, the editors of The Paris Review lift the paywall on a selection of interviews, stories, poems, and more from the magazine\u2019s archive. 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(opens in a new tab)\">signing up for the Redux newsletter<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_134141\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/interviews\/3196\/gabriel-garcia-marquez-the-art-of-fiction-no-69-gabriel-garcia-marquez\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-134141\" class=\"wp-image-134141 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/gabo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/gabo.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/gabo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/gabo-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-134141\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gabriel Garc\u00eda M\u00e1rquez.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This week, we\u2019re reading Gabriel Garc\u00eda M\u00e1rquez\u2019s 1981 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/interviews\/3196\/gabriel-garcia-marquez-the-art-of-fiction-no-69-gabriel-garcia-marquez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Art of Fiction interview<\/a>, Junichiro Tanizaki\u2019s short story \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/fiction\/4872\/the-victim-junichiro-tanizaki\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Victim<\/a>,\u201d and Laurel Blossom\u2019s poem \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/poetry\/3747\/plea-to-a-potential-lover-laurel-blossom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Plea to a Potential Lover<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you enjoy these free interviews, stories, and poems, why not\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ssl.drgnetwork.com\/ecom\/TPR\/app\/live\/subscriptions?org=TPR&amp;publ=PR&amp;key_code=ENAPRFX&amp;type=S&amp;gift_key=TESTFXG&amp;utm_source=ReduxBlogpost&amp;utm_medium=ReduxBlogpost&amp;utm_campaign=ReduxBlogpost&amp;utm_term=ReduxBlogpost&amp;utm_content=ReduxBlogpost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"If you enjoy these free interviews, stories, and poems, why not subscribe to read the entire archive? You\u2019ll also get four new issues of the quarterly delivered straight to your door. (opens in a new tab)\">subscribe to read the entire archive<\/a>? You\u2019ll also get four new issues of the quarterly delivered straight to your door.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/interviews\/3196\/gabriel-garcia-marquez-the-art-of-fiction-no-69-gabriel-garcia-marquez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gabriel Garc\u00eda M\u00e1rquez, The Art of Fiction No. 69<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Issue no. 82 (Winter 1981)<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>If I had to give a young writer some advice I would say to write about something that has happened to him; it\u2019s always easy to tell whether a writer is writing about something that has happened to him or something he has read or been told. Pablo Neruda has a line in a poem that says \u201cGod help me from inventing when I sing.\u201d It always amuses me that the biggest praise for my work comes for the imagination, while the truth is that there\u2019s not a single line in all my work that does not have a basis in reality. The problem is that Caribbean reality resembles the wildest imagination.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/fiction\/4872\/the-victim-junichiro-tanizaki\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-134142 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/tanizaki.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/tanizaki.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/tanizaki-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/tanizaki-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/fiction\/4872\/the-victim-junichiro-tanizaki\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Victim<\/a><br \/>\nBy Junichiro Tanizaki<br \/>\n<em>Issue no. 16 (Spring\u2013Summer 1957)<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>These things happened at a time when that noble virtue, frivolity, still flourished, when today\u2019s relentless struggle for existence was yet unknown. The faces of the young aristocrats and squires were not darkened by any cloud; at court the maids of honour and the great courtesans always wore a smile on their lips; the occupations of clown and professional teahouse wit were held in high esteem; life was peaceful and full of joy. In the theater and in the writings of the time, beauty and power were portrayed as inseparable.<\/p>\n<p>Physical beauty, indeed, was the chief aim of life and in its pursuit people went so far as to have themselves tattooed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/poetry\/3747\/plea-to-a-potential-lover-laurel-blossom\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-134146 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ladies-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ladies-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ladies-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ladies-1-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/poetry\/3747\/plea-to-a-potential-lover-laurel-blossom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Plea to a Potential Lover<\/a><br \/>\nBy Laurel Blossom<br \/>\n<em>Issue no. 65 (Spring 1976)<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Don\u2019t take me home, at least not yet;<br \/>\nLet\u2019s have another drink, and sit<br \/>\nand talk\u2014I want to be your woman,<br \/>\nbut there isn\u2019t any rush.<br \/>\nLet\u2019s take our time,<br \/>\nand think it out.<\/p>\n<p>Lovers surprised by love, like us,<br \/>\nmake one mistake: they make too much<br \/>\nof it, want the world<br \/>\nto love them, and believe.<br \/>\nThe world believes<br \/>\nin nothing it can\u2019t touch \u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>If you like what you read,\u00a0<a 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