Famous last words: a novelClark, Irwin, & Co., 1 nov. 1981 - 396 pages |
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... sitting down, was to tip the dregs of the previous customer's wine across the cloth; after which, with my usual excess of nervous nonchalance, I set myself on fire while lighting a cigarette. A man in a fez was staring at me from ...
... sitting down, was to tip the dregs of the previous customer's wine across the cloth; after which, with my usual excess of nervous nonchalance, I set myself on fire while lighting a cigarette. A man in a fez was staring at me from ...
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... Sitting on your porch — or lying in your pond?" He doesn't like that. He looks right at me and says; "at least I am not impeccable: stiff from spats to collar. And I don't wear gloves when I undo my flies. And I am not a flit." I cannot ...
... Sitting on your porch — or lying in your pond?" He doesn't like that. He looks right at me and says; "at least I am not impeccable: stiff from spats to collar. And I don't wear gloves when I undo my flies. And I am not a flit." I cannot ...
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... sitting on the bed with her hands in fists pressed in against her cheeks. She rocked back and forth, but still she was silent. I could see there were tears in her eyes and spilling down across her knuckles. Slowly, I sat on the bed ...
... sitting on the bed with her hands in fists pressed in against her cheeks. She rocked back and forth, but still she was silent. I could see there were tears in her eyes and spilling down across her knuckles. Slowly, I sat on the bed ...
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Double Talking: Essays on Verbal and Visual Ironies in Canadian Contemporary ... Linda Hutcheon Affichage d'extraits - 1992 |