Unreal City: StoriesWordcraft of Oregon, 1996 - 196 pages |
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Page 15
... wife's contempt festered . My children grew beyond their innocence to see me with the eyes of judge- ment . I was fat , copious . Their father was a shameful beast of lard . Finally my wife requested I see a doctor . " A doctor for your ...
... wife's contempt festered . My children grew beyond their innocence to see me with the eyes of judge- ment . I was fat , copious . Their father was a shameful beast of lard . Finally my wife requested I see a doctor . " A doctor for your ...
Page 16
... wife , my children my beloved children ! - looked at me , truly looked , they might have seen something in my eyes that might have stopped their accusa- tions . But they did not look . They long ago ceased to see me . They saw only my ...
... wife , my children my beloved children ! - looked at me , truly looked , they might have seen something in my eyes that might have stopped their accusa- tions . But they did not look . They long ago ceased to see me . They saw only my ...
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... wife used for arts and crafts . The professor had a private nickname for that room : the sublimation chamber . He had never revealed to his wife the scorn he felt toward her , a concealment he had always taken for exercise of virtue ...
... wife used for arts and crafts . The professor had a private nickname for that room : the sublimation chamber . He had never revealed to his wife the scorn he felt toward her , a concealment he had always taken for exercise of virtue ...
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