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| After Breakfast, by Elin Danielson-Gambogi |
The Breakfast is a 1961 short story by Amparo Dávila. You can read it online here. It begins,
When Carmen came down to breakfast at the family’s usual hour of seven thirty, she hadn’t dressed yet, but was wrapped in her navy-blue bathrobe with her hair in disarray. This wasn’t all that caught the attention of her parents and her brother, though; it was her haggard face, with hollows around the eyes, like the face of someone who’s had a bad night or is very ill. She said good morning in an automatic way and sat at the table, nearly collapsing into her chair.
“What happened to you?” her father asked, studying her carefully.
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interesting
ReplyDeleteI had never heard of this author before running across this story online.
DeleteWhat an intriguing beginning! Valerie
ReplyDeleteYes, I thought so. Sometimes you have to work to get "into" a story, but not with this one :)
DeleteThis sounds interesting. I've saved the link (as usual).
ReplyDeleteAre you ready for Halloween? One week from today. (I've only had time to create a few art pieces for it. They'll start auto-posting beginning tomorrow. :-)
I'm ready! I do love October and Halloween in particular :)
DeleteSomeone is desperate for a cup of tea or coffee 😺
ReplyDelete"collapsing into her chair" lol I feel her pain.
DeleteI absolutely LOVE the painting. Today this painting would be censored because of the cigarette (grin).
ReplyDeleteFinding a photo that went with the story was the most fun part of this post lol
DeleteWas the ending I expected. Good one for Halloween. :)
ReplyDeleteIt's fun finding things for the season that are unfamiliar to me :)
DeleteI've never heard of this author before and the beginning makes me want to read it to see what happened to Carmen 😀. I hope you've had a lovely week! Wishing you a happy Friday and Weekend! Hugs, Jo x
ReplyDeleteNew to me, too :)
DeleteWe're having seasonal cool rain today and tomorrow. I've put suet out for the birds and hope to see the Return of the Woodpeckers lol That's the excitement I'm looking forward to :)
Oh to have time to lounge at the table after breakfast as that girl in the painting appears to be doing. That would be nice! Happy weekend. Hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteI have the time, and relaxing over that morning cuppa is such a fine thing :)
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