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II. PITCH DARK

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Adler, R. (2013). II. PITCH DARK. In Adler, R. Pitch Dark. NYRB Classics, pp. 43-95

the repeal or abolition of a law, right, or agreement

67

While there’s nothing wrong with the miraculous, it always requires an abrogation of the law in one’s own special case

—p.67 by Renata Adler
notable
11 months ago

While there’s nothing wrong with the miraculous, it always requires an abrogation of the law in one’s own special case

—p.67 by Renata Adler
notable
11 months ago
77

[...] I ask Nicole where she is from. She says Chicago, with what is so clearly a German o that I’m taken aback. I just say, Really. She says, Before that Minneapolis. I have now firmly decided that by tomorrow I shall be gone from Ireland. [...]

lmao

—p.77 by Renata Adler 11 months ago

[...] I ask Nicole where she is from. She says Chicago, with what is so clearly a German o that I’m taken aback. I just say, Really. She says, Before that Minneapolis. I have now firmly decided that by tomorrow I shall be gone from Ireland. [...]

lmao

—p.77 by Renata Adler 11 months ago

report or represent in outline; foreshadow or symbolize

78

he did not know that the experience he has put me through, all those times, in all those years, is the one I’ve adumbrated, for a few hours, from time to time, just now?

—p.78 by Renata Adler
notable
11 months ago

he did not know that the experience he has put me through, all those times, in all those years, is the one I’ve adumbrated, for a few hours, from time to time, just now?

—p.78 by Renata Adler
notable
11 months ago
80

[...] Nicole says, When I was a child, and Papa, of course, was a conductor. William, from the depths of his cups, says, helpfully, Orchestral? And Nicole, annoyed, perhaps, at the interruption, says, U-Boat. There is a pause. She says, more improbably still, In those days, everyone’s Papa was. Back home in Chicago? I wonder, or Minneapolis?

omg

—p.80 by Renata Adler 11 months ago

[...] Nicole says, When I was a child, and Papa, of course, was a conductor. William, from the depths of his cups, says, helpfully, Orchestral? And Nicole, annoyed, perhaps, at the interruption, says, U-Boat. There is a pause. She says, more improbably still, In those days, everyone’s Papa was. Back home in Chicago? I wonder, or Minneapolis?

omg

—p.80 by Renata Adler 11 months ago