The Night Falling (2014)
“After the month he spent at the masseria, Ettore’s stomach contorts and yammers at him, begging for more, for better. The money Marcie gave him, and his wages, have been spent on the settling of Valerio’s debts, on a new blanket for Iacopo, new soles for Ettore’s and Paola’s shoes, their rent arrears and some supplies of dried beans, pasta and olive oil that Paola is hoarding ruthlessly for the coming winter. She eyes him across the tiny table as he guzzles down the thin soup, scraping out ever...y last drop.
‘Remembering what hungry feels like?’ she says unkindly. Valerio, well enough to rise from his shelf, continues to spoon in his soup with tremulous care, and pays no attention to his offspring.
‘I never forgot. Only my belly did,’ says Ettore. Paola grunts.
‘In a man, mind and belly are one. Mind and body are one. Mind and cock are one.’ She curls her lip in disdain and gives the last ladleful of soup to Valerio.MoreLess
‘Remembering what hungry feels like?’ she says unkindly. Valerio, well enough to rise from his shelf, continues to spoon in his soup with tremulous care, and pays no attention to his offspring.
‘I never forgot. Only my belly did,’ says Ettore. Paola grunts.
‘In a man, mind and belly are one. Mind and body are one. Mind and cock are one.’ She curls her lip in disdain and gives the last ladleful of soup to Valerio.MoreLess
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