Sci-fi short story with Latin speaking protagonists

July 24, 2007 6:22 PM

I'm trying to recall a science fiction time travel short story set in a Paris cafe. The story begins when one man overhears another speaking in "antique Latin." I know that's not much to go on, but I'm hoping those few facts might ring a bell for some sci-fi loving askmetafilter genius!
posted by garyduke to media & arts (3 comments total)

Perhaps Ursula Le Guin's story 'April in Paris'?
posted by Nothing at 7:06 PM on July 24, 2007

Je t'aime, je t'aime
posted by thelloydshow at 9:16 PM on July 24, 2007

This sounds to me a little like The Professor and the Mermaid, by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa.
posted by ourobouros at 6:51 AM on July 25, 2007