ABSTRACT
We would like to tear Eurydice and Orpheus away from the funereal pathos of the ancient myth. We would like to imagine a different outcome for the story and picture the lovers, together once again, enraptured in the delight of a reciprocal tale. Similar to feminine friendships, love is indeed often characterized by a spontaneous narrative reciprocity. The reciprocal desire of a narratable self — which throws itself into autobiographical exercises in order to make the other into a suitable narrator of her story — is of course part of the narrative. In love, the expositive and relational character of uniqueness plays out one of its most obvious scenes. On the stage of love, the questions ‘who am I?’ and ‘who are you?’ form the beat of body language and the language of storytelling, which maintain a secret rhythm.
