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 88
... keeping of it . Good enough . Strong enough . Worthy to be allowed to keep it . To get what you want as decently as you can , then keep it . Keep it . " She came and put her arms around him , hard , striking her body against him hard ...
... keeping of it . Good enough . Strong enough . Worthy to be allowed to keep it . To get what you want as decently as you can , then keep it . Keep it . " She came and put her arms around him , hard , striking her body against him hard ...
Pàgina 161
... keep the skiff intact and afloat among the houses and trees and dead animals ( the entire towns , stores , residences , parks and farm- yards , which leaped and played about him like fish ) , not trying to reach any destination , just ...
... keep the skiff intact and afloat among the houses and trees and dead animals ( the entire towns , stores , residences , parks and farm- yards , which leaped and played about him like fish ) , not trying to reach any destination , just ...
Pàgina 163
... keep it away , would disappear , and if he could only keep his gaze from pausing again at the spot it had occupied , would not return . That's what he was doing this time when he discovered the wave was coming . He didn't know how he ...
... keep it away , would disappear , and if he could only keep his gaze from pausing again at the spot it had occupied , would not return . That's what he was doing this time when he discovered the wave was coming . He didn't know how he ...
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aint already began believe beneath black wind blinked boat breath Buckner Cajan cant carrying ceased Charlotte cigarette coat cold cottonfield cried damned dark deputy doctor dollars door drink eyes face feet flat glare going gunwales hand hard Harry head hear heard hell hip boots hold instant knew levee light Listen live looked McCord move neath never niggers night nurses oleander once Orleans outrage paddle palm pantomime pilot house pirogue pistol plump convict quietly realised returned Rittenmeyer seemed sitting skiff sleep smell smoke snow sorghum sound squatted stared steadily steamboat stood stopped stove talking tall convict tell thinking thought told took train trees truck trying turned vanished Vicksburg violently voice wait waked walk Warden watched wife Wilbourne wild Wild Palms wind window woman wont