The World and Other PlacesShort stories from the author of `Oranges are not the only fruit', `The Passion' and most recently `Gut symmetries' |
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Page 63
... turned and stared out , seeing the shape of Orion's mound , just visible and her own footsteps walking away . Then it was fully night and she could see nothing to remind her of the night except the stars . And what of Orion ? Dead but ...
... turned and stared out , seeing the shape of Orion's mound , just visible and her own footsteps walking away . Then it was fully night and she could see nothing to remind her of the night except the stars . And what of Orion ? Dead but ...
Page 94
... turned over their balsa wood frames and rice paper wings . I never used a kit . What hopes they carried . More than the altar at church . More than a good school report . In the secret places , under the fusilage , stuck to the tail ...
... turned over their balsa wood frames and rice paper wings . I never used a kit . What hopes they carried . More than the altar at church . More than a good school report . In the secret places , under the fusilage , stuck to the tail ...
Page 209
... turned blue , nearly died I think . Then it shrunk some more , and now , almost a coin , there's nothing to be had out of it but a bag of fish and chips . The adventure of a lifetime shouldn't begin with salt and vinegar on its tail ...
... turned blue , nearly died I think . Then it shrunk some more , and now , almost a coin , there's nothing to be had out of it but a bag of fish and chips . The adventure of a lifetime shouldn't begin with salt and vinegar on its tail ...
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References to this book
Beyond the Body: Death and Social Identity Elizabeth Hallam,Glennys Howarth No preview available - 1999 |