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The Paris Review Issue 250
by The Paris Review (editor)

The Paris Review Issue 250
by The Paris Review (editor)

The Paris Review Issue 250
by The Paris Review (editor)

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Prose: Schandung (Desecration)

by Alec Niedenthal

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? (2024). Schandung (Desecration). The Paris Review, 250, pp. 137-156

the longing one felt for God

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He studied the terrace around them, the satisfied diners, the officious servers in white and black like pretend Italians. Maybe the longing he felt was the longing one felt for God. To reach toward the divine not for pious reasons but for the solace of not being stranded inside yourself for the rest of your life.

oh wow

—p.149 missing author 1 year, 7 months ago

He studied the terrace around them, the satisfied diners, the officious servers in white and black like pretend Italians. Maybe the longing he felt was the longing one felt for God. To reach toward the divine not for pious reasons but for the solace of not being stranded inside yourself for the rest of your life.

oh wow

—p.149 missing author 1 year, 7 months ago