Seeing People Off

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Jana Beňová . Seeing People Off

Table of Contents

I. PETRŽALKA The Galapagos. PETRŽALKA The Shadow of My Smile. PETRŽALKA My Own Style. PETRŽALKA The Sound of My Heart. PETRŽALKA Always on My Mind

II. Café Hyena

III. KALISTO TANZI

IV. SUMMER

V. AUTUMN

VI. Winter

VII. SECOND SUMMER

VIII. The Sea

IX. CarlSolomon*

X. Childhood

XI. Youth

XII. The End (of childhood and youth)

XIII. Seeing People Off

XIV. SECOND WINTER

XV. IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR

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The neighbor living next to Ian and Elza is an older man. For years he’s been thinking that Elza is Ian’s son. He greets her genially with “Hi there,” or sometimes a friendly thump on the chest.

The neighbor’s not a person—he’s basically a peculiar firecracker. A bullet. The next night, Elza makes a pilgrimage to his door so that she doesn’t have to listen to TV shows through his wall. She asks him to turn it down. His eyes are shining: a combination of alcohol and tears.

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“It’s called Heil Hitler,” says the boy and continues to wave his arms.

He takes off a bit.

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