The Reinvention of Love
“Not to the church where I usually meet my lover, but to the church, the great cathedral, the heart of the city.I have read Victor’s book, and I have to admit I liked it. I did wonder briefly if the horribly disfigured hunchback who lives in the bell tower, Quasimodo, was modelled on me, but mostly I’ve been impressed by the beautiful descriptions of the church, by Victor’s intent to raise the public’s awareness of the building’s neglect. It was damaged during the first revolution and badly need...s repair. Victor’s story is set in the church, but the church is really the main character. I admire my old friend’s desire to save such a monumental part of Paris’s history. It is a noble gesture.And the book is selling very well.It is not far to walk from my house to where the church rests on the Ile de la Cité, the small island in the middle of the Seine that used to be the entire city of Paris. Now, that island is anchored to the city proper by five bridges, like ropes mooring a ship to the shore.The summer evenings are long and there is still considerable light outside when I enter the building during the last mass of the day.MoreLess
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