{"id":41833,"date":"2012-11-14T12:32:08","date_gmt":"2012-11-14T17:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=41833"},"modified":"2013-04-22T13:43:01","modified_gmt":"2013-04-22T17:43:01","slug":"in-dali%e2%80%99s-surreal-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/14\/in-dali%e2%80%99s-surreal-home\/","title":{"rendered":"In Dal\u00ed\u2019s Surreal Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In January, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2012\/01\/salvador_dalis_home.html\" target=\"_blank\">Open Culture<\/a> ran this terrific tour of Salvador Dal\u00ed\u2019s house on the Costa Brava, where he lived from 1930 to 1970 and hosted much of the modern world. As author Joseph Pla described it,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The decoration of the house is surprising, extraordinary. Perhaps the most exact adjective would be: never-before-seen. I do not believe that there is anything like it, in this country or in any other\u2026. Dal\u00ed\u2019s house is completely unexpected\u2026. It contains nothing more than memories, obsessions. The fixed ideas of its owners. There is nothing traditional, nor inherited, nor repeated, nor copied here. All is indecipherable personal mythology\u2026. 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