A short story by Patrick Besset
Translation from French by Lisa Vergara
Translation from French by Lisa Vergara
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In overworking one’s conscience, your
reason risks unraveling. To lose his desire to drink, he drank. To not
feel himself drinking, he drank often. Sometimes, he drank so as not to
remember.... And since he was unreasonable, he continued drinking to
erase his life. He drank even more to try to understand its utility...
Like a soaked sponge, Piccolo is
crying... his memories overflowing.... He was an insignificant but
respectable person; you could forgive the boldness in his tone of voice ;
you could appreciate his passionate rhetoric... He revered poetry. He
married a spoiled girl who made a puppet of her fiancé; out of a free
man she created a weak husband. He had become spineless as well as the
unsuspecting laughing stock of their friends. He had not known how to
impose his dreams nor his wishes... the moment he married his wife, he
submerged himself in those of his wife. No more strolls in the park, his
wife didn’t like to walk. No more of his so-called paintings on white
cartons, she didn’t like his paintings. No more drives with his buddies,
she didn’t like his buddies. No more free will...
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A Taste of Life
Short story by Patrick Besset.
Éditions du Busca.
ISBN : 979-10-92471-06-9
(Kindle edition)
A Taste of LifeShort story by Patrick Besset.
Éditions du Busca.
ISBN : 979-10-92471-06-9
(Kindle edition)
