A Mad Desire to Dance by Elie Wiesel

Author:Elie Wiesel [Wiesel, Elie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-27135-8
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 2009-02-16T16:00:00+00:00

EXCERPT FROM DR. THéRèSE GOLDSCHMIDT'S NOTES

Doriel Waldman's crises and their language. Semantic jargon? Bouts of paraphasia?

“Do you like to eat?” I ask.

“The bark more than the tree,” he responds.

“Do you like to drink?”

“The tree is thirsty and I swallow the rain.”

“And then what? What happens next?”

“Time pursues the words; the words fall to their knees.”

“Who is your enemy?”

“The face of the faceless person has stolen mine.”

“What do you hate?”

“Two times three equals a baby's smile.”

“Do you like to read?”

“The clouds drift away and I'd like to follow them.”

“Do you like music?”

“Oh, the vagabond who winks at me is nuts.”

“What about painting, are you interested in it?”

“With my finger I am the clouds and I become a cloud.”

“And the rain, do you like it?”

“The angel that is tracking me down is black and dazzling.”

“And the devil, what does he look like?”

“Finally two times seven equals fourteen.”

“That's correct. How did you get that?”

“It's so simple, Doctor. Three times Sunday and four times Tuesday equals fourteen.”

Should I have a neurologist colleague examine him? A doubt crosses my mind. What if this is just a game for him? The patient starts laughing; he isn't exhausted, but I am. Perhaps because I don't feel like laughing.

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