Pescador's Wake by Katherine Johnson

Author:Katherine Johnson [Johnson, Katherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Contemporary
ISBN: 9780732288266
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2009-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

LOGBOOK OF EDUARDO RODRÍGUEZ TORRES

It’s strange to think there are fish at the base of the ocean older than me. Some of the larger ones we’ve caught must be nearer to my father’s age. I imagine myself there sometimes, in their realm, where no man has been before.

I had a dream last night that I joined the fish…I was washed overboard. Three times I managed to glimpse sky and flashes of the red-and-white hull, and breathe foaming air, but the waves struck again. Carlos was there, trying to save me. I could see his distraight face through the foam as I was battered against the hull by the weight of rushing water. I felt myself losing power and sensation in my arms and legs as the cold took hold. My mind blurred. Icy water paralysed my body and my lungs ached from a lack of oxygen. Seawater swelled my stomach until it was solid. I couldn’t cough. There was no air left. I thought of my girls at home. Of Virginia. My beautiful daughters. And Julia. I was a fish on a line, hanging by a thread. Suspended between life and death. The pain was intense. I managed to unfasten my safety clip and the sea welcomed me home. The pain stopped.

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