Flowers Over the Inferno
Ilaria Tuti, translated by Ekin Oklap
"The body lay on the grass, covered in frost, the pallor of the skin in stark contrast with the black hair on the head and genitals."
"The body lay on the grass, covered in frost, the pallor of the skin in stark contrast with the black hair on the head and genitals."
"Her arms are growing tired, with the big bunch of flowers, and the bag filled with a heavy dome of bread and a box of assorted gâteaux apéritifs for the obligatory cocktail hour, and fresh fruits and ripe cheeses and a bottle of Armagnac."
"There was a large mirror on the wall of the white room."
"Jamie Blair first saw the mutt eating out of a Dumpster behind the barbecue restaurant on Folsom Boulevard near the freeway."
"She gets into trouble sometimes."
"I didn't know where to put the bouquet of flowers."
"It’s been twenty-five years since I last murdered someone, or has it been twenty-six?"
"He would've given anything not to be here today."
"The case that Ulf had mentioned to Dr. Svensson at the end of his last therapy session had started, as many of the department’s cases did, with a simple report from the local police."
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