the anti-heroine of an era of bathtub gin, organized crime, and jazz, clouded in the smoke of fired guns and cigarettes.
“Sadly, modern society has lost touch with the power of myth. We now use the word as a synonym for falsehood rather than as an expression of eternal truth.”

— Clyde W. Ford, The Hero with an African Face


@темы: with serpents for arms the lovers are the hydra of the tale