""Tell me, Juan, talk to me from the upside-down world where you‘ve come to rest," she said, still walking forward. "What should I do now with something I cannot refuse or give away? What does one do with love born with a purpose? Where, in what being, in what thing, can I deposit something created for someone else, someone who disappears without taking it with them?""
"Her eyes and mouth were open as wide as they could go, providing both a fair reflection of her anxiety and an ample view of her half-chewed food."
"She lay on the bed and observed the moonlight filtering through the shutters; the black-and-white stripes made everything uniform. Several times she tried to close her eyes and slip between the bars, but they were waiting for her behind her eyelids."
"The stars shone down on her, clustered tightly as though their points had been soldered together."
pick#BloomingBibliophiles Day 3: Not just #barefoot but naked too. The premise of this book is surreal, powerful, unapologetically strange. A woman who has just turned 30 moved into a remote location, decided to strip naked & walk through the woods –in an attempt to feel something, to be someone outside of what is expected of her, to simply liberate herself from social norms & conventions. By Uruguay novelist Somers. My review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-khf
Clear skies, green trees, the peaceful sea, our own private pool. Azure. My heart is still. Another title for our #WomenReadWomen2019 reading theme. Seems perfect for the distant blue out there. Hot stone massage next. Valentine Getaway Indeed.
The Naked Woman | 
