March 13, 2012
Dear Alejo Carpentier,
My
name is Caroline Janiszewski. I
have just finished reading your book A
Kingdom of this World. I have
a question about one of the images in Part 4, in the section entitled The Night of the Statues. On page 158, Soliman comes across a
statue of a woman in a chamber of an empty palace. “It was a naked woman lying on a bed and holding out an
apple.” We learn that it is a
statue of Pauline Bonaparte, but I think there is a deeper meaning. I was wondering if the statue is meant
to be an allegory to Adam and Eve.
Original sin was introduced to the human race when Eve offered Adam an
apple from the tree of knowledge.
I was wondering if the statue is meant to remind Soliman of his sins
because she is holding out an apple.
I was wondering this because, as Pauling Bonaparte, he knows he. If he can relate her to the biblical
Eve, it would give a deeper meaning to the way he felt when he touched her. Please let me know.
Sincere regards,
Caroline
Janiszewski
Caroline Janiszewski
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