In fluid prose, Julien Gracq navigates again&mdash this time in memory/&mdashthe magical Evre and the terrain through which it coursed in his youth. The Narrow Waters is a synaptic meditation on Begining and Ending whose inquiries and visions flow, and sometimes cascade, through a landscape of phantoms, flora, and fairy tale. In fluid prose, Julien Gracq navigates-in memory-the magical Evre and the terrain through which it coursed in his youth. "The Narrow Waters" is a synaptic meditation on Begining and Ending whose inquiries and visions flow, and sometimes cascade,