Angel of Oblivion by Maja Haderlap

Author:Maja Haderlap [Haderlap, Maja]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-914671-47-3
Publisher: Steerforth Press
Published: 2016-08-30T04:00:00+00:00

Father sits, blinded by tears, on the bench near the oven. Leni bustles back and forth between the kitchen and the pantry. She gives the impression of having taken charge of the household as she did once before, when Grandmother was arrested.

The first mourners arrive. The living room gradually fills, those leading the prayer kneel before the bier and lean their elbows on the wooden bench. The prayer for the dead begins like a choral murmur, like a singsong in monotone.

I have time to get used to having Grandmother’s dead body in the house. Mother is still at work in the stall and my baby sister is asleep in a carriage on the second floor over the bier. In the pauses between prayers, hot tea and cider is served with coffee cake. Steam and smoke rise from the large pots in the kitchen under Aunt Leni’s and Bica’s supervision. Father and Tonči want to keep vigil tonight, the rest of us should get some rest because there will be a crowd of mourners the next day. News of Grandmother’s death won’t reach most of our relatives until tomorrow, observes Tonči, who has taken on the task of letting everyone know.

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