Erasure (2011)
“I walked alone, walked with Marilyn, once walked with mother. Marilyn met Mother and Lorraine. Maynard, the gate guard, paid a call on Lorraine. Mother told me she liked Marilyn. I told Marilyn I liked Marilyn. Marilyn told me she liked me. The four of us ate together. I ate with Marilyn. I rowed out onto the pond and smoked cigars. Mother and Lorraine got on each other’s nerves. Lorraine muttered under her breath. Mother took naps. Mother spoke alone with Marilyn while I was at the market.
“Yo...ur mother tells me you have a new book coming out soon,” Marilyn said.
My first thought was to say that Mother was mistaken and I nearly followed that thought, but considered how unfair it was to attribute a delusion to someone who was frequently suffering from real ones. I said, “Well, the book’s not done yet, but I hope to have it out by the spring.”
“What’s the title?”
“I don’t really have one yet. It’s a retelling of The Satyricon.” I laughed. “Another highly commercial venture for me.”MoreLess
“Yo...ur mother tells me you have a new book coming out soon,” Marilyn said.
My first thought was to say that Mother was mistaken and I nearly followed that thought, but considered how unfair it was to attribute a delusion to someone who was frequently suffering from real ones. I said, “Well, the book’s not done yet, but I hope to have it out by the spring.”
“What’s the title?”
“I don’t really have one yet. It’s a retelling of The Satyricon.” I laughed. “Another highly commercial venture for me.”MoreLess
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