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"Death is in Anna's white eyes. They become totally transparent, and the cold pours forth from the depths like liquid oxygen."

"As always, Hans is flexing his muscles, quite openly, he slides to and fro on his chair as if he'd shat himself" ?

"And the ceiling complete with the light attachment--two of its little glass cups (where the candle-shaped electric bulbs are mounted) are already broken--folds down upon Rainer and his needs. But it's not as if this put an end to the needs. They are merely locked up in a prison with no means of escape."
I love the parentheses nested in the en-dashes. Such a sense of both claustrophobia and constant interruption. The suffocation in family life.

"Anna despises two classes of people: first, those who own their own homes and have cars and families, and second, everybody else."

Best time of the year!!! So much fun. Scholastic Book Fair 💜💜💜