But he commenced to stare –more accurately, to glare — at the front door to the street,as if in expecation of the Devil — as if the Evil One himself would come striding through it presently. Then he switched his gaze to me, eyes like lasers drilling a hole in my forehead in orde...
Every year on my birthday, a white gardenia(栀子花)was 1 to my house.But no card or note came with it.Calls to the flower shop were always 2 -it was a cash purchase.After a while I stopped trying to discover the sender's identity and just 3 in the beauty and heady perfume of tha...
One month 10 my high-school graduation.my father died.My feelings 11 from sorrow to fear and 12 :my dad was missing some of the most important events in my life.I became completely 13 in my coming graduation, the senior-class play and the ball.But my mother would not hear of my 14...
Posted on October 25, 2016 by Matthew “What a mistake, above all, it had been to believe that I couldn’t live without him, when for a long time I had not been at all certain that I was alive in him.” (Ch.31, 140) The Days of Abandonment (Il Divorcio) is the raw, feroci...
Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned twelve, a white gardenia(栀子花)was delivered to my house.No card or note came with it. 1 to the flower shop were always useless-it was a cash 2 .After a while I stopped trying to 3 who the sender was and just delighted in the ...
One month before my high school graduation, my father died of a heart attack.He was missing some of the most important events in my life.I became completely 10 in my upcoming graduation and the dance.When my father died, I 11 the dance and the dress for it.The day before the dance,...