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Grotesque
“
Every nail, claw-scale and spur, every spike
and welt on the hand of that heathen brute
was like barbed steel.
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― Beowulf A New Verse Translation Hardcover
― Beowulf A New Verse Translation Hardcover
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The splendor of the salmon canapés radiant with mayonnaise disappears, swallowed by the dark shopping bags of the customers. Certainly every one of these men and women knows exactly what he wants, heads straight for his objective with a decisiveness admitting no hesitancy; and rapidly he dismantles mountains of vol-au-vents, white puddings, cervelats.
Mr. Palomar would like to catch in their eyes some reflection of those treasures' spell, but the faces and actions are only impatient and hasty, o
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― Mr Palomar
― Mr Palomar
















































