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Chapter One
I The life of Maria and how it influenced the life of Sophie. In Leviathan , Maria puts herself through the same rituals as I did. But Paul Auster has slipped some rules of his own inventing into his portrait of Maria. In order to bring Maria and myself closer together, I decided to go by the book. The author imposes on his creature a chromatic regimen which consists in restricting herself to foods of a single color for any given day. I followed his instructions. He has her base whole days on a single letter of the alphabet. I did as she does.
THE CHROMATIC DIET
To be like Maria, during the week of December 8 to 14, 1997, I ate Orange on Monday, Red on Tuesday, White on Wednesday, and Green on Thursday. Since Paul Auster had given his character the other days off, I made Friday Yellow and Saturday Pink. As for Sunday, I decided to devote it to the full spectrum of colors, setting out for six guests the six menus tested over the week.
MONDAY : ORANGE
Menu imposed:
Purée of carrots Boiled prawns Cantaloupe melon
Paul Auster forgot to mention
drinks, so I allowed myself to complete
his menu with:
Orange juice
TUESDAY : RED
Menu imposed:
Tomatoes
Steak tartare
Pomegranates
I completed the menu with:
Roasted red peppers
Lalande de Pomerol, domaine de Viaud, 1990
WEDNESDAY : WHITE
Menu imposed:
Flounder
Potatoes
Fromage blanc
I changed this menu, because I was not satisfied
with the yellow color of the potatoes, and added:
Rice
Milk
THURSDAY : GREEN
Menu imposed:
Cucumber
Broccoli
Spinach
I completed the menu with:
Green basil pasta
Grapes and kiwi fruit
Mint cordial
FRIDAY : YELLOW
Since no color was prescribed
for Friday, I chose yellow.
Menu:
Afghan omelette
Potato salad
"Young Girl's Dream"
(Banana, mango ice cream)
Pschitt fizzy lemon drink
SATURDAY : PINK
Since no color was prescribed
for Saturday, I chose pink.
Menu:
Ham
Taramasalata
Strawberry ice cream
Rosé wine from Provence
SUNDAY:
ORANGE, RED, WHITE,
GREEN, YELLOW, & PINK
Lots were drawn for the menus and everybody acquitted themselves conscientiously, if without enthusiasm, at their task. Personally, I preferred not to eat; novels are all very well but not necessarily so very delectable if you live them to the letter.
DAYS UNDER THE SIGN OF B, C, & W
To be like Maria, I spent the day of Tuesday, March 10, 1998, under the sign of B for Big-Time Blonde Bimbo ; Tuesday, February 16, 1998, under the sign of C for Calle & Calle in the Cemetery ; Thursday, March 19, 1998, under the sign of C for Confession ; and Saturday, March 14, 1998, under the sign of W for Weekend in Wallonia .
Continues...
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