![]() ![]() ![]() He feels that the disorder is not just messiness that it is a matter of "punishment and grief" (2.2.10). It is the fact that when one looks in the normal places for order, it is not there. Looking back, David thinks "This was not the garbage of Paris, which would have been anonymous: this was Giovanni's regurgitated life" (2.2.9).Giovanni went searching about for a "poetic figure" and suggested that all the garbage of the city was dumped in his room (2.2.5). David remembers the first time he woke up in Giovanni's room.They have no phone and, other than Jacques, who comes rarely, no one comes to visit.It is constantly such a mess that they dread even doing laundry and sometimes go days without socks. Giovanni began to renovate the room before David's arrival.The room is small with windows that open on the courtyard and are covered with white paint.He is certain that he undergoes a sea change there. David spends a relatively brief time in Giovanni's room.Note to the reader: More flashbacks, rendered in present tense. ![]()
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