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128 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1985
When I began to spend my afternoons in the bathroom I had no intention of moving into it; no, I would pass some pleasant hours there, meditating in the bathtub, sometimes dressed, other times naked.
It was I who, standing in front of my window and misled by the dread inspired in me by the movements taking place before my eyes – rain, moving humans and automobiles – had suddenly felt afraid of the bad weather, when what had really terrified me, once again, was the passing of time itself.
The morning she left I accompanied her to the station; I carried her suitcase. On the platform, in front of the open compartment door, I tried to put my arms around her; she pushed me away gently.