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26 octobre 2021
- doi: 10.4000/books.pulm.9528
- isbn: 9782367812205
- eisbn: 9782367813882
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Joyce Boyd Melba, « Miss odessa », Presses universitaires de la Méditerranée, ID : 10.4000/books.pulm.9528
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From her front porchshe purveys politicsand urban folktales;with sweet cakes andcoffee brewed ina dented pot,she ministers thedistraughtand listensto gossiplike TVsoap operas. Her house isan open door—a nursery wherechildren play,a haven wherehomeless stay,a clinic forhealing the sick—a rest home,where thedying lay. Nothing escapesMiss Odessa’s gaze—not the discreteswaying of trees,nor a brokentea leaf,not the irregularscheduleof the postman,nor the scurryof clocked workers,not the conspiracy...