Marilyn French

THE LASTING PAÍN 4 What is it ?' 'It's my heart.' She walked to the table and sat beside it, clumping her glass down. He sat opposite her. He took her hand. 'You're sick in your heart.' 'Yes. It bleeds. There's no cure for it. And it won't go away, even when I ignore it.' He took her hand. 'Now...

Chapter I one My mother lived to be old, although she always said she would die young. All through my childhood she warned me - threatened me? - that because of her defective heart, she would depart early from this vale of tears, whereas my sturdy peasant-like father would live forever,...

Chapitre 1 Alors George me dit : « Si je ne veux pas m'enga-ger avec vous, Hermione, c'est avant tout pour ne pas finir dans la peau d'un de vos personnages. » Mon esprit, si ce n'est mon cour, se figea. Nous étions dans un taxi, en route vers le théâtre. Lou, ma secrétaire, m'avait pris...

1 Alia fine del sogno si risveglio. (Rullio, oscillazioni, un vagone ferroviario.) Rimase immobile, quasi trattenen-do il respiro, nei tentativo di rituffarsi in quel sogno. Con gli occhi chiusi. Afferro con la mente quella sensazione che aveva provato in sogno, la sensuahtá del corpo tiepido...