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108 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1959
When a man dies he is reintegrated into his most authentic respectability, even having committed the maddest acts when he was alive. Death, with its unseen hand, erases the stains of the past and leaves the dead man’s memory gleaming like a new-cut diamond.
There they all were now, in silence: on one side the family of Joaquim Soares da Cunha—daughter, son-in-law, brother, and sister – and on the other side the friends of Quincas Water-Bray. Swifty put his hand into his pocket and felt the frightened frog, as though he wanted to show it to Quincas. With a movement that looked like ballet, the friends drew back from the coffin and the relatives drew closer. Vanda cast a glance of reproach at her father. Even in death he preferred the company of those ragamuffins.
سأدفن كما أشتهي..
في الساعة التي أشتهي..
يمكنكم أن تحفظوا تابوتكم إذن
لميتة جديدة، وميت جديد
أما أنا فلن أترك لأحد أن يحبسني
في قبر أرضيّ رذيل
سأدفن كما أشتهي..
في الساعة التي أشتهي..