Joseph Anton: a Memoir
“WE live in accelerating times, and the subject changes faster than ever. But seven years of life were gone, seven years of his forties, the prime of a man’s life, seven years of his son’s childhood that he could never have back, and the subject hadn’t changed. He was having to face the possibility that this might not just be a phase of his life—that the rest of his life might be like this. That was a hard lump to swallow.
They were all feeling the strain. Zafar was frustrated by the secrecy—Can...’t I bring a couple of friends home?—and was doing badly at school. Clarissa was making a name for herself at the Arts Council, becoming one of its most loved figures, a sort of patron saint of little magazines around the country, and he was happy to see her find her place in the world; but ever since the money squabble their relationship had soured. It wasn’t hostile, but it wasn’t friendly anymore either, and that was a bad, sad thing. Elizabeth wasn’t pregnant and that often affected her mood.MoreLess
They were all feeling the strain. Zafar was frustrated by the secrecy—Can...’t I bring a couple of friends home?—and was doing badly at school. Clarissa was making a name for herself at the Arts Council, becoming one of its most loved figures, a sort of patron saint of little magazines around the country, and he was happy to see her find her place in the world; but ever since the money squabble their relationship had soured. It wasn’t hostile, but it wasn’t friendly anymore either, and that was a bad, sad thing. Elizabeth wasn’t pregnant and that often affected her mood.MoreLess
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