Country of Cold (2003)
“Hector is in the Argentine army, doing his obligatory service on a razor-wire-bordered base near the coast of Patagonia. Gabriella and her mother worry constantly about his catching cold; nineteen years old and surrounded by veterans of the Malvinas war, no doubt he appreciates their concern. It is on the matter of Hector only that Gabriella permits herself sentimentality—on all other topics she affects the cynicism of a big-city cop. When she speaks she leans forward, to put shoulder behind he...r words. She smokes foul-smelling South American cigarettes and tells bawdy jokes when she drinks pastis. She maybe drinks too much pastis.
Felicinada is only slightly shorter but much better humoured than Gabriella. She dresses always in yellow and has the largest collection of Xavier Cugat records in the world. When I had chicken pox last year she made me tomato soup every day for a week. They both work around the corner at the Café Kiev. They live above me and make an astonishing amount of noise.MoreLess
Felicinada is only slightly shorter but much better humoured than Gabriella. She dresses always in yellow and has the largest collection of Xavier Cugat records in the world. When I had chicken pox last year she made me tomato soup every day for a week. They both work around the corner at the Café Kiev. They live above me and make an astonishing amount of noise.MoreLess
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