The Monkey's Wrench by Primo Levi & William Weaver
Author:Primo Levi & William Weaver [Levi, Primo & Weaver, William]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literary, Fiction, Jewish, Storytelling, Humor
ISBN: 9781501167669
Google: ud0nDwAAQBAJ
Publisher: Abacus
Published: 1978-06-20T19:59:07+00:00
The Bridge
ââ¦On the other hand, when they ofÂfered me a job in InÂdia, I wasnât all that inÂclined. Not that I knew much about InÂdia. You know how easy it is to get a misÂtaken noÂtion of a counÂtry, and since the world is big, and itâs all made up of difÂferÂent counÂtries, and pracÂtiÂcally speakÂing, you canât visit all of them, you end up with a head full of crazy ideas about all counÂtries, maybe even inÂcludÂing your own. All I knew about InÂdia I can tell you in a few words: they have too many baÂbies; they starve to death beÂcause itâs against their reÂliÂgion to eat cows; they killed Gandhi beÂcause he was too good; the counÂtryâs bigÂger than EuÂrope and they speak God knows how many lanÂguages, and so, for want of anyÂthing betÂter, they setÂtled on EngÂlish; and then thereâs the story of Mowgli the Frog that, when I was a kid, I thought was real. Oh, I was forÂgetÂting the KaÂmaÂsuÂtra busiÂness and the hunÂdred and thirty-seven ways of makÂing love, or maybe itâs two hunÂdred and thirty-seven, I donât reÂmemÂber exÂactly any more, I read it once in a magÂaÂzine while I was waitÂing to get my hair cut.
âIn other words, I would alÂmost rather have stayed in Turin. I was in Via LaÂgrange in those days, livÂing with those two aunts of mine; someÂtimes inÂstead of goÂing to a penÂsione I visit them, beÂcause they make a fuss over me, cook speÂcial dishes, in the mornÂing they get up withÂout a sound so as not to wake me, and they go to the early Mass and buy me fresh rolls still hot from the oven. They have only one fault: they want me to get marÂried, and that in itÂself wouldnât be so bad, but theyâre kind of heavy-handed about it, and they keep inÂtroÂducÂing me to girls who arenât exÂactly my type. Iâve never figÂured out where the old ladies find them: maybe in conÂvent schools. Theyâre all alike: they seem made of wax, when you talk to them they donât dare even look you in the face, they make me terÂriÂbly emÂbarÂrassed, I donât know where to beÂgin, and I get as tongue-tied as they are. So it may hapÂpen that, other times, when I come to Turin, I donât even get in touch with my aunts, and I go straight to the penÂsione; also to keep from disÂturbÂing them.
âLike I was sayÂing, that was a time when I was kind of tired of rovÂing around, and in spite of this maÂnia of my auntsâ, I would gladly have stayed put; but at the ofÂfice, they poured it on, they know my weak spot, and they know how to twist me around their finÂger: it was such an imÂporÂtant job, and if I didnât go they couldnât think of anyÂone else to send. What with one thing and anÂother, they teleÂphoned me evÂery day, and beÂsides, like I said beÂfore,
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