Eddie Signwriter (2010)
“His trip had been long and tiring, and at times dangerous, and he was grateful to be put in touch with a countryman of his, with whom he shared a room above a covered arcade near the Boulevard de Strasbourg.
His countryman’s name was Denis Owusu. Within a month Denis was able to organize him papers, and then a job, washing dishes in the underground kitchen of the Restaurant Paros, just south of the river, near the Cathedral. He worked five days a week in that kitchen, and two night shifts that ...ended at three in the morning. On a hard day he’d sometimes spend over fifteen hours standing at the sinks, which were down a series of narrow stairs at the back of the restaurant, his hands in hot water and the sound of frying oil at his back.
A set of windows at the top of the wall above the basins was the only opening through which fresh air could enter. Particles of grease tanned the glass a light brown, and the angle of the sill limited his view to a strip no higher than a few centimeters, through which he could see the ankles of passing pedestrians.MoreLess
His countryman’s name was Denis Owusu. Within a month Denis was able to organize him papers, and then a job, washing dishes in the underground kitchen of the Restaurant Paros, just south of the river, near the Cathedral. He worked five days a week in that kitchen, and two night shifts that ...ended at three in the morning. On a hard day he’d sometimes spend over fifteen hours standing at the sinks, which were down a series of narrow stairs at the back of the restaurant, his hands in hot water and the sound of frying oil at his back.
A set of windows at the top of the wall above the basins was the only opening through which fresh air could enter. Particles of grease tanned the glass a light brown, and the angle of the sill limited his view to a strip no higher than a few centimeters, through which he could see the ankles of passing pedestrians.MoreLess
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