place
Place Saint-Michel
the Place St-Michel
also: Place St-Michel
A square on the Left Bank of Paris at the head of the Pont Saint-Michel, by the Seine. On its bridge the convulsive man Malte has followed finally surrenders to his illness.
Reading notes
- The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge §117 Place St-Michel
A square on the Left Bank of Paris by the Seine, at the head of the Pont Saint-Michel; here, on the bridge, the convulsive man loses his long fight and the 'dancing-power' breaks out of him into the crowd.