 | | 2022-09-05 19:38
From blog Polyester Princess
Oh August
"If you walk along the main street on an August afternoon there is nothing whatsoever to do." When I first read this line, which is from the opening chapter of Carson McCullers' novella "The Ballad of the Sad Café", as a 15-year old in a school room, it struck a chord with me, as yes, that's exactly what it was like on the main street of the quiet backwater I was living in. This rang especially true in August, with half of the shops closed for their Summer holiday: the butchers and the bakers which were still plentiful back then, before they closed down, one by one, for good. My mum had sent me off on a treasure hunt for the last loaf of bread in the village, and...
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