Fauna
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Christiane Vadnais. Fauna
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CHRISTIANE VADNAIS
TRANSLATED BY PABLO STRAUSS
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Above, the rainstorm marshals its forces.
That night Heather makes a meal of roots and berries, fragrant herbs, and other items foraged from the grounds. On the dining room’s sole table she lays out a black mushroom stew, a tart earthy soup, and tiny whole fish with fire-blackened heads. She eats voraciously. Determined to relax, Agnes sits at the table and deliberately chases all thoughts from her mind. She has taken her time getting dressed, called her assistant, then turned off her phone again – for good this time, she is determined. With a few important matters dispatched, she can relax. Rest has brought on a new-found clarity, even as the edges of the world blur behind a curtain of rain.
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