The Garden of Secrets by Juan Goytisolo

Author:Juan Goytisolo [Goytisolo, Juan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781852426590
Google: lSBfAAAAMAAJ
Publisher: Serpent's Tail
Published: 2000-09-14T14:00:00+00:00

Version according to Boujmaa: the dynast’s cook, who was looking for a husband, was old, no, ancient, seventy-years plus, had been tarted up to conceal her wrinkled hide, but he caught a glimpse, though the encounter was almost in the dark, and almost died of fright, for God’s sake, how could he take as spouse a toothless woman with one foot in the grave? Might as well marry his grandma! So he took his leave there and then and gave the dynast his presents back.

In fact, the concierge sarcastically commented after gathering up different versions of the episode in a punctilious tour of the neighbourhood, things hadn’t turned out in tune with Boujmaa’s tale. She’d rejected him. They’d looked for three candidates for her to choose from and she’d opted for someone else. The old age and toothlessness he’d invented to hide his disappointment and hurt pride.

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