The Wild PalmsRandom House, 1939 - 337 pàgines In the rural wasteland of the South two inmates escape from a penitentiary, and two lovers, Harry Wilbourne and Charlotte Rittenmeyer, run away together. These two stories, played against each other, portray four desperate people trying to flee from poverty, decadence, and the violence of a world from which there is no escape. |
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Pàgina 137
... 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 be- cause 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 be- cause I was too old , I waited too long ...
Pàgina 237
... instant miles away , the next on the point of overwhelming the skiff within the next second ; suddenly , in the instant he would believe ( his whole weary body would spring and scream ) that he was about to drive the skiff point - blank ...
... instant miles away , the next on the point of overwhelming the skiff within the next second ; suddenly , in the instant he would believe ( his whole weary body would spring and scream ) that he was about to drive the skiff point - blank ...
Pàgina 258
... 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 , unemphatic and trivial , somewhere ...
... 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 , unemphatic and trivial , somewhere ...
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actually aint already arms began believe beneath beside better boat body breath called cant carrying ceased Charlotte closed cold coming completely convict damned dark doctor dollars dont door drink entered eyes face feel feet four give going gone half hand hard Harry head hear heard hold hundred instant It's keep knew later leave light Listen live looked McCord mean merely move never night officer once paddle passed perhaps plump presently quietly remember returned running seemed seen side sitting skiff sleep smell sound standing stood stopped talking tall tell That's thing thinking thought told took train trees trying turned voice wait walk wall Warden watched weeks wife Wilbourne wild wind window woman wont