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I begged her to leave my brain alone, demanded the freedom of my own will.

I heard the vibrations of beings as clearly as voices

Their threats impressed me very little indeed, for I knew that I was not destined to die.

“These tales have Leonora's unique tone of voice, at once naive and perverse, comic and lethal, with the deadpan innocence of the masters of the macabre.”
Marina Warner intro