The enchanted clock
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In the Palace of Versailles there is a fabulous golden clock, made for Louis XV by the king’s engineer, Claude-Siméon Passemant. The astronomical clock shows the phases of the moon and the movements of the planets, and it will tell time?hours, minutes, seconds, and even sixtieths of seconds until the year 9999. Passemant’s clock brings the nature of time into sharp focus(...)
The enchanted clock
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Summary:
In the Palace of Versailles there is a fabulous golden clock, made for Louis XV by the king’s engineer, Claude-Siméon Passemant. The astronomical clock shows the phases of the moon and the movements of the planets, and it will tell time?hours, minutes, seconds, and even sixtieths of seconds until the year 9999. Passemant’s clock brings the nature of time into sharp focus in Julia Kristeva’s intricate, poetic novel "The Enchanted Clock".
Literature and poetry