Gradiva (C’est Gradiva qui vous appelle) – Alain Robbe-Grillet

October 10, 2010

John Locke is a Brit in Marrakech exploring Delacroix’s seminal visit there. He’s in an isolated villa with Belkis, his enigmatic servant and concubine. He receives slides of erotic drawings that could be by Delacroix; an antique dealer, who’s a doctor and may be a white slave trader, says there are two such sketchbooks. By [...]