My Cat Yugoslavia by Pajtim Statovci

Author:Pajtim Statovci
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 2017-04-17T16:00:00+00:00

“Bajram didn’t want to tell you,” she began and dabbed the corner of her eye with a handkerchief. “He was worried it would ruin your day if you heard. That’s why he wanted to fetch you yesterday in person.”

When it transpired that I was the last person to hear the news, I realized that my wedding had come to an end. That day would not be a day during which the bride can receive guests at her new house, a day on which anyone can visit and see all the clothes and gifts that the groom had bought his bride and that were now laid out for all to see in the newly wedded couple’s bedroom. The ball gowns would not cover the bed and the walls, the floors would not be covered with different pairs of shoes, gold would not be set out on the dressing table, pieces of jewelry would not be hung around the drawer handles, and rings would not be placed in a neat, pretty row so that the dressing-table mirror would make it look as though there were two of everything.

And I went back into the kitchen, pressed a hand against my chest, clenched my fist, and when I noticed that the cat was no longer sitting on top of the wall, I ran my fingertips along the windowpane and wept.

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