The Lady And the Monk (2011)

Authors: Pico Iyer

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“For weeks now, the preparations had continued: paper blossoms had been fluttering off the lampposts of the major downtown stores, and newspapers had run elaborate charts giving notice of the cherries’ busy schedule. Mild Seven cigarettes had brought out their latest seasonal packs — all cherry trees and geisha — and depāto shopgirls had changed into their vernal clothes. Everything had re-dressed itself to show the blossoms off to advantage. And the trees themselves stood perfectly placed, as e...fficiently blocked out as seasoned actresses, arranged in such a way and so strictly trained that they were guaranteed to ravish.
So when the blossoms came at last, they mocked all jadedness with their otherworldly beauty, as stunning as a stage set by a heavenly designer. A blaze of lustrous pink above the city’s canals, more dizzy and intense than any words could find, a shock of fluffy, fluttery pink frothing above the city roads. Pink-framed branches outlined against the faultless blue, branches drooping prettily above the pink-reflecting water.MoreLess Read More Read Less

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