TortugaSet in a hospital for crippled children, this novel tells the story of young Tortuga, who strives for the courage to transcend the tragedy of pain, neglect and disfigurement. |
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... bodies reeking sweat , sore feet cut by the desert , and the doctors and attendants waiting by the huge wooden door ... body with her long , dark hair was mine . I would take her with me . Come with me , I said and reached for her hand ...
... bodies reeking sweat , sore feet cut by the desert , and the doctors and attendants waiting by the huge wooden door ... body with her long , dark hair was mine . I would take her with me . Come with me , I said and reached for her hand ...
Page 121
... body ... My rage and anger were dead ... the hoax of life no longer concerned me ... I gave up everything ... only Salomón's perverse and stubborn flame kept my heart beating , kept my lungs sucking air ... that much I shared with his ...
... body ... My rage and anger were dead ... the hoax of life no longer concerned me ... I gave up everything ... only Salomón's perverse and stubborn flame kept my heart beating , kept my lungs sucking air ... that much I shared with his ...
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... body in the moonlight , content to dream her dreams in the pale light . Like tired seals we had climbed out of the water and flopped down to rest . We were exhausted from the swim . Around the pool the lovers sat resting , touching ...
... body in the moonlight , content to dream her dreams in the pale light . Like tired seals we had climbed out of the water and flopped down to rest . We were exhausted from the swim . Around the pool the lovers sat resting , touching ...
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alive answered arms asked bedpans bedsores body breath Buck burned called cast chair Clepo closed my eyes cold comic books crazy cried crippled cursed Damn dancing Danny dark dead desert doctor door dream earth enormous room everything face feel felt Filomón girls going guitar hand head hear heard hell horse breaks hospital Hot dog iron lungs Ismelda Jerry Josefa kids knew la Llorona laughed legs light listened living end lizard looked Menudo Mike shouted mountain moved Mudo never night nodded Nurse okay pain paralysis polio pulled pushed river Ronco Sadsack Salomón Salomón's ward Samson sang screamed shell shook silence sing smell smiled someone song spring Steel stethoscope story talk tell there's thought told Tortuga touch turned turtle vegetables waiting walk wanted warm watch whad whispered window woman Yeah