Saturday, December 17, 2011

Walling Off Oscar Wilde’s Tomb From Admirers’ Kisses

By JOHN TAGLIABUE - New York Times - Dec.16

The Irish author’s massive tomb in Paris has been cleansed of decades of lipstick markings and graffiti, and a plate glass wall erected as a deterrent.
Tomas van Houtryve for The New York Times
Amber Luallen, an American visiting Paris, kissed the glass barrier around Oscar Wilde's tomb at the Père Lachaise Cemetery. 

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