The Wild PalmsChatto & Windus, 1954 - 315 pàgines |
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Pàgina 127
... instant of virginity , it was the instant of virginity : that condition , fact , that does not actually exist except during the instant you know you are losing it ; it lasted as long as it did because I was too old , I waited too long ...
... instant of virginity , it was the instant of virginity : that condition , fact , that does not actually exist except during the instant you know you are losing it ; it lasted as long as it did because I was too old , I waited too long ...
Pàgina 217
... instant miles away , the next on the point of overwhelming the skiff within the next second ; sud- denly , in the instant he would believe ( his whole weary body would spring and scream ) that he was about to drive the skiff point ...
... instant miles away , the next on the point of overwhelming the skiff within the next second ; sud- denly , in the instant he would believe ( his whole weary body would spring and scream ) that he was about to drive the skiff point ...
Pàgina 237
... instant longer until the bow of the pirogue grounded lighter than the falling of a leaf and stepped out of it and paused just for one instant while the words It does look big stood for just a second , unem- phatic and trivial ...
... instant longer until the bow of the pirogue grounded lighter than the falling of a leaf and stepped out of it and paused just for one instant while the words It does look big stood for just a second , unem- phatic and trivial ...
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ain't already began believe beneath beside black wind blinked boat breath Buckner Cajan carrying cashier's cheque ceased Charlotte cigarette coat cold cried damned dark deputy doctor dollars door drink eyes face feet flat glare going gunwales hand hard Harry head hear heard hell hold instant knew levee light Listen live looked McCord move never niggers night nurse officer oleander once Orleans outrage paddle palm pantomime pilot house pirogue pistol plump convict preter quietly realised remembered returned Rittenmeyer seemed sitting skiff sleep smell snow sorghum sound squatted stared steadily steamboat stood stopped stove talk tall convict tell thinking thought told took train trees truck trying turned vanished Vicksburg violently voice wait waked walk Warden watched whisky wife Wilbourne wild Wild Palms wind window woman