Singing from the WellThis first novel in Arenas's "secret history of Cuba" -- a quintet he called the Pentagonia -- is a powerful story of growing up in a world where nightmare has become reality, and fantasy provides the only escape. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved. |
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... frog ... " Child ! " There's always a frog in the water cabinet where the crocks are and I know for a fact that it's the same frog there every day . They say if you poke a frog with a stick , it will squirt milk in your eyes and you'll ...
... frog ... " Child ! " There's always a frog in the water cabinet where the crocks are and I know for a fact that it's the same frog there every day . They say if you poke a frog with a stick , it will squirt milk in your eyes and you'll ...
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Reinaldo Arenas. The frog has started swelling up and now he's great big huge . I don't know what to do now . The frog gives a hop and catches me by the throat . " I'll put out your eyes ! " He opens his great big mouth and shoots some ...
Reinaldo Arenas. The frog has started swelling up and now he's great big huge . I don't know what to do now . The frog gives a hop and catches me by the throat . " I'll put out your eyes ! " He opens his great big mouth and shoots some ...
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... frogs croaking back and forth to each other as clear as can be . Once in a while a cricket goes zzeeee and then goes quiet again . Last night I tried to catch a cricket . I got out of bed , but no matter how hard I looked for him I ...
... frogs croaking back and forth to each other as clear as can be . Once in a while a cricket goes zzeeee and then goes quiet again . Last night I tried to catch a cricket . I got out of bed , but no matter how hard I looked for him I ...
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