Under the skin by Faber Michel

Author:Faber, Michel [Faber, Michel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: New York : Harcourt
Published: 2000-02-14T16:00:00+00:00

the luminous box in the hearth chattered indefatigably whether she was listening or not, never getting stuck on a word or a page. In all those early months of reading and rereading, Isserley never managed to get through more than a few paragraphs of History of the World by W. N. Weech, JP, FSA, MA (even the fearsomely detailed farming pamphlet Which Rotovator? was less daunting), but the basics of vodsel psychology had been made crystal clear by the television within a couple of weeks.

Strangely, however, she seemed to have reached a point, years ago already, when there wasn’t room for any more titbits from the television. It had passed its prime of usefulness, and was reverting to babble.

She still wanted to know what day of the week it was, and whether the sun was near or far. She would, she decided, go outside as soon as she was limber, and interpret the night for herself. In fact, why wait? She could finish her exercises at the beach, under cover of darkness; she suspected strongly it was the small hours of the morning. Monday morning.

She was regaining her grip.

Feeling her way down the banister, she descended the stairs to the bathroom. The bedroom and the bathroom were the only rooms in her cottage that she knew well; the other rooms were a bit of a mystery. But the bathroom was not a problem. She had gone there countless times in the dark — virtually every morning during the winter months.

Isserley walked in, blind. The palms of her feet sensed the change from wood to mouldering linoleum. She had little difficulty finding the things she needed. The tub, the taps, the shampoo, the sudden pressurized torrent of water: all

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