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27 décembre 2018

La colère divine

"She asked me if I loved my mother when I was her age. I can't remember who I was at ten, only that I tried to be a good girl because I didn't want to invite Mother's wrath." in The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis Tentative personnelle de traduction...

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27 décembre 2018

Nature et don de soi

"It seems to me that everything is on its way to becoming something else, giving itself up to the service of another. [...] These clouds, they sacrifice themselves." in The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis Tentative personnelle de traduction :...

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27 décembre 2018

D'un amour maternel

"When Bell was a little girl, and sick, Hattie had taken her by the chin and forced medecine down her throat. At the time Bell had not recognized this as love. Now as her mother advanced towards the door to the room, her arm outstretched as if to turn...

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27 décembre 2018

Bell et l'âge adulte

"Adulthood brought Bell a kind of freedom but no relief. She felt defective in some vital way, incapable of doing the right thing. She was constantly afraid that some force would strike her down for her failings." in The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana...

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26 décembre 2018

Ma mère est une femme aussi

"She poured herself a glass [of cordial] and sat at the kitchen table sipping it. When it was gone, she turned the glass upside down and let the last drop fall onto her tongue. Mother was a beautiful young woman ; the house was too plain, too small to...

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26 décembre 2018

De la femme qui prend un amant

"Aunt Marion said the switching woman was loose, but I thought she was free."in The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis Tentative personnelle de traduction : "Tante Marion disait que les femmes qui trompaient leur mari étaient lâches, mais moi je...

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26 décembre 2018

L'odeur des petits pains

"That's right," she said. "Ain't nothing here but butter rolls." "I...," Floyd did not know how to tell them that he only wanted to step inside of the amber glow and smell the baking bread, that they seemed like nice girls and he was in need of a moment's...

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