The Lesser Evil (an excerpt)
All this, without even mentioning the hours I'd spent unsuccessfully trying to force the sides of the bed frame into the headboard. [...]since you got started with the noise earlier I decided to come ring the bell, because you're driving me crazy with all the stomping around, I hear it ech...
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Published in | World literature today Vol. 98; no. 4; pp. 50 - 54 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Norman
University of Oklahoma
01.07.2024
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Online Access | Get full text |
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Summary: | All this, without even mentioning the hours I'd spent unsuccessfully trying to force the sides of the bed frame into the headboard. [...]since you got started with the noise earlier I decided to come ring the bell, because you're driving me crazy with all the stomping around, I hear it echoing in my head. " "Thanks, but I have . . . food on the stove." No one leaves food on the stove for that long. The real estate agent turned over the keys on Thursday, and what could she have been doing until four a.m. in an empty apartment anyway?" Nancy ran her hands down the sides of her tracksuit and then cracked her knuckles. |
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ISSN: | 0196-3570 1945-8134 1945-8134 |
DOI: | 10.1353/wlt.2024.a931087 |