Day of the Tortoise
E-bok
Engelska, 201686 kr
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Beskrivning
The Day of the Tortoise, a novella published in 1961, is a touching tale of a brief interlude of pleasure in the stale existence of Fred Tomlinson, a man nearing his sixties.
A bachelor, Fred shops, cleans, cooks, and otherwise indulges the eccentric demands of his three spinster sisters until a chance meeting with the fun-loving Kitty who, without the sisters'' knowledge, begins to disrupt the household''s long-established routines.
Penniless, heavy-drinking, and pregnant by a married man, Kitty introduces Fred to dance, drink, kisses, and song while lodging in the stable. With Kitty''s inevitable departure, will Fred retain some of his newly-discovered capacity for rebelliousness and joy?
A bachelor, Fred shops, cleans, cooks, and otherwise indulges the eccentric demands of his three spinster sisters until a chance meeting with the fun-loving Kitty who, without the sisters'' knowledge, begins to disrupt the household''s long-established routines.
Penniless, heavy-drinking, and pregnant by a married man, Kitty introduces Fred to dance, drink, kisses, and song while lodging in the stable. With Kitty''s inevitable departure, will Fred retain some of his newly-discovered capacity for rebelliousness and joy?
