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...Les Dîners de Gala is named after Dalí’s wife and muse Elena Ivanovna Diakonova, or Gala, a Russian 10 years his senior. One chapter is titled Les “je mange Gala” (aphrodisiacs)....
...Danielle Halwachs makes a fragile Venus, with well-drawn lines but too little marrow, while Elena Zhidkova’s self-conscious Elisabeth has power but lacks charisma....
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