Bitter Almonds (2013)
“She has a job accompanying an American novelist whose books she has translated, to act as an interpreter.
Fadila has been there in her absence. There was a mountain of laundry to be ironed. “Let me know how long it took you,” Édith had told her.
As soon as she comes in she sees on the dining room table a yellow post-it which Fadila took from her pad next to the telephone: on it she has written FADILA 4. The 4 is a bit misshapen, it looks like a K, but it is clear enough.
They see ...each other two days later. Fadila is in a good mood.
“Thank you for your little note,” says Édith.
“You understand?” asks Fadila, radiant.
“Absolutely. You wrote down four hours.”
“I writing too the old lady her code.”
She explains to Édith that at number 16 on her street, where she goes three mornings a week, the electronic code to the entrance has just changed.MoreLess
Fadila has been there in her absence. There was a mountain of laundry to be ironed. “Let me know how long it took you,” Édith had told her.
As soon as she comes in she sees on the dining room table a yellow post-it which Fadila took from her pad next to the telephone: on it she has written FADILA 4. The 4 is a bit misshapen, it looks like a K, but it is clear enough.
They see ...each other two days later. Fadila is in a good mood.
“Thank you for your little note,” says Édith.
“You understand?” asks Fadila, radiant.
“Absolutely. You wrote down four hours.”
“I writing too the old lady her code.”
She explains to Édith that at number 16 on her street, where she goes three mornings a week, the electronic code to the entrance has just changed.MoreLess
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