Vidal, Gore: Palimpseste, Memoires [Palimpsest, a Memoir].(Brief article)(Book review)

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Vidal, Gore Palimpseste, Memoires [Palimpsest, a Memoir]. Gore Vidal. Translated from English (US) by Lydia Lakel. Paris: Ed. Galaade, 2006. 640 pp. Euro25.

Ten years after its publication in America, Gore Vidal's Memoir appears in French. According to the author himself, it is not an autobiography, rather an "I remember" book. Besides, "memory is not a repetitive mechanism.... My memory of an event (i.e., when I broke my leg at the age of 10) i...

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