Pregnant women! They had that weird frisson, an aura of magic that combined awkwardly with an earthy sense of duty. Mundane, becau...se they were nothing unique on the suburban streets; ethereal because their attention was ever somewhere else. Whatever you said was trivial. And they had that preciousness which they imposed wherever they went, compelling attention, constantly reminding you that they carried the future inside, its contours already drawn, but veiled, private, an inner secret.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
"If I hit him, he'll hit me too," Anton Petrovich thought in a flash. He pulled off the glove with a final yank and threw it awkwa...rdly at Berg. The glove slapped against the wall and dropped into the washstand pitcher. "Good shot," said Berg.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
They dropped separately after the celebration, handpicked,... one after the other like artichoke leaves. After that I walked to my car awkwardly over the painful bare remains on the brick sidewalk....LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »