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248 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 2014
In the darkness of their bedroom, in their little iron beds, the Winterlings let themselves speak of their secret.
A voice (or is it the wind?) scratches away at the silence.
“Listen, Sala…”
And the other replies:
“What?”
“That day, do you think…”
“Yes…”
“Do you think we did the right thing?”
“We did what we had to do, Dolores.”
And then after a while:
“Listen…”
Saladina lights the oil lamp. She stretches an arm towards the other bed and takes her sister’s hand.
“What, Dolores, tell me…”
Her skin gives off waves of heat, the light, the beating of their hearts, and the touching of flesh soothes the women. Dolores’ answer lurks in the darkness.
“Nothing.”
