I always thought I'd live in Paris, Rome, Madrid-at least for a while. It strikes me now that I didn't dream of Zanzibar or Papeete or Tashkent: even my fantasy was cautious, a good girl's fantasy, a blanched almond of a fantasy. Today, even that is enough to clench my fists and curl my toes. In
( Claire Messud )
[ The Woman Upstairs ]
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