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208 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1996
She had a middle-European drawl. She lengthened the vowels and thickened the consonants. It was as if the earthy spirit of her cunt rose up to issue from her mouth.
Perhaps he isn’t dull at all, thought Alexandra; perhaps it’s just another thing Ned said, which I accepted without question. Perhaps now Ned’s gone I shall have to go back to the beginning, to where I was when I first met him. Perhaps there are all kinds of things I now think which are really Ned’s thoughts, not mine. Judgements I make about people and things, not really mine but Ned’s and mine combined. Marriage is a terrible intertwining, a fearful osmosis; I will have to relearn myself.