A Window in Copacabana by Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza

Author:Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza [Garcia-Roza, Luiz Alfredo]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-46685-033-0
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Published: 2001-11-05T16:00:00+00:00

PART 3

1

He left his house later than usual. He wanted to stop by the used-book store Welber had told him about, but he figured it wouldn’t be open until nine. It was en route to the station, but Espinosa rarely passed that way. As Welber had said, it was about halfway down the block. He wasn’t planning on going in. He preferred to circle around it gradually, allowing himself time to get used to the idea. For a long time, he’d dreamed about the day he could quit the police force and open a bookstore. That was his secret reason for hanging on to all the books he’d inherited from his grandmother. They were kept in boxes piled floor to ceiling in his unused maid’s room. Together with his own collection, they were his initial capital. Actual capital he could get with his police pension. It wasn’t quite a plan; it was more of an idea. He’d fantasized about owning a bookstore since he was a law student hanging out in the bookstores around the Largo São Francisco, downtown. Now, according to Welber, this fantasy had been invaded by real people who had materialized a few steps from the station. A used-book store in Copacabana, halfway between his house and the station, was something he couldn’t have ever imagined.

At the corner, he was already scouting it out. It didn’t take him long to spot the little shelves outside with the sale books. He slowed down and gazed at the window. He glanced inside and continued on to the station. It was Thursday. Maybe Saturday afternoon …

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