The Man Who Killed His Brother (2011)
“I didn’t have a car, and she’d left hers at my apartment, so we had to walk.
I live in one of those run-down apartment houses on the edge of the old part of town. The place was just far enough from the center to have been named La Cienga Apartments, but still close enough to be in danger of being torn down for urban renewal every time the city fathers felt like they had to make some kind of choice between “modern” and “quaint.” In Puerta del Sol those words are really two different names for “p...rofitable”—the city is growing, and people like to come for a visit, so it’s just a question of whether money is going to be made from redeveloping real estate or from tourism.
Right then I didn’t give a damn. They could blow up the place or sell tickets to my bedroom for all I cared. I was in one of those horrible “between” places any drunk can tell you about—too drunk to cope, not drunk enough to be anesthetized. I was half blind with dread and my mind kept repeating, Alathea Alathea, Alathea.MoreLess
I live in one of those run-down apartment houses on the edge of the old part of town. The place was just far enough from the center to have been named La Cienga Apartments, but still close enough to be in danger of being torn down for urban renewal every time the city fathers felt like they had to make some kind of choice between “modern” and “quaint.” In Puerta del Sol those words are really two different names for “p...rofitable”—the city is growing, and people like to come for a visit, so it’s just a question of whether money is going to be made from redeveloping real estate or from tourism.
Right then I didn’t give a damn. They could blow up the place or sell tickets to my bedroom for all I cared. I was in one of those horrible “between” places any drunk can tell you about—too drunk to cope, not drunk enough to be anesthetized. I was half blind with dread and my mind kept repeating, Alathea Alathea, Alathea.MoreLess
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