Darconville's Cat by Alexander Theroux

Author:Alexander Theroux [Theroux, Alexander]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Tags: Fiction, General
ISBN: 9780805043655
Google: D4ScPwAACAAJ
Amazon: 0805043659
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
Published: 1996-04-14T16:00:00+00:00

LIV

Odi et Amo

A quirked vessel never falls from the hand.

—ANONYMOUS

Her Likes: ballet-slippers; salt; purple ink; abstract prints; mushrooms; jiujitsu; fairy tales; the novel, Wuthering Heights; herring roe for breakfast; combing her hair; movies; scented candles; découpage; spinach; unattractive girls; jeeps; tiny candies; the pronunciation of the word “lascivious”; gin-and-tonics; all animals, especially lions and ti-gers; straw hats; illusion; getting mail; rings; the consolation following failure; halter-type dresses; rock music; flattery; seed catalogues; the endearment “Doo Doo”; Rima, the Bird Girl; wick-erwork; clam chowder; the South; cookies; stories of waifs; the flute; nudity; solitude; plucking her eyebrows manually; money; the color blue; mobiles; hope; thick shoes; pomander balls; snakes; long dresses; antiques; stone jewelry; exotic shampoos; princesses; heat; security; herb gardens; fine-point pens; her first name; ice-cream; batiks; illustrated books; fields; venison; hoop earrings; feigning; horses; fossils; root beer; safety; movies; to be looked at; the known; photos of herself; things cute; balloons and kites; fiddler crabs; ginger ale; Charlottesville summers (?); Darconville.

Her Dislikes: mathematics; sand on the bottom of her feet; country music; peach fuzz; children; long tunnels; her relatives; coffee; poodles; the appellation “Honey”; reading; frankness; Quinsyburg; films; blond guys; poverty; beer; intellectual discussion; cities; writing letters; religious devotions; nakedness; feigners; the thought of deer being killed; her legs; tomatoes; exercise; literature; hard peas; loneliness; having her nostrils pinched; shorts; men with long fingernails; cigarette smoke; rednecks; study; things cunning; Mrs. van der Slang’s lack of ethics; cold; farmers; the unknown; the responsibility following success; chemistry; to be stared at; scholars; her real father; expectation; geraniums; her thumbnails; card-playing; Fawx’s Mt.; eccentrics; the South; diners; Hypsipyle Poore; declarations of love in anyone’s presence; college; attractive girls; analytical talks; Dr. Glibbery; standing up; references to storge; maternal inanilo-quence; the past; the future; sailors; insecurity; words; square dances; running; beauty pageants; the name Shiftlett; Charlottesville summers (?); Govert van der Slang.

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