My heart would be especially thrilled if Elena Poniatowska wins.
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“When I was a little girl and would eat pumpkin seeds, my mother would say, “An orange tree is going to grow inside you.” Or an apple tree. The idea thrilled me. Now it’s the canary that causes a tree to grow inside me. I echo. I’m made of wood. His singing has unleashed something. Mine is a sad house, stuck in time, a house full of monotonous rituals, tidy. It lets loose now. “I’m alive,” it says to me. “Look at me, I’m alive.” The canary’s singing causes a tiny ship to sail from my branches. The wind that drives it is pure energy. Time flows at last. I dive in. I make the bed, open my arms, kneel, tidy up, bend over, go, come. I can’t stop now.” —from the short story “Canaries” ~ ELENA PONIATOWSKA Translated by George Henson https://a.co/fQvMO3f
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