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360 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1961
For them, these mountains were walls barring them from real life. The mountains meant easy breathing and hope; yet they could not leave them. Their world had constricted to this mountain valley, and for that reason all news from down below seemed word of a lost paradise.
Her sickness, which had always been like an opaque window between herself and the world, no longer existed, at least for the moment. Instead, life lay outspread before her, breathtakingly clear and wide, flooded with moonlight; life with clouds and valleys and happenings. And she belonged to it, she was no longer excluded from it; she stood like all the others, the healthy people, at the starting point, a burning, crackling torch in her hand, ready for the steep drop, the rush down and into life.
鈥淎ren鈥檛 you afraid?鈥� she asked.
鈥淥f what?鈥�
鈥淥f my being sick.鈥�
鈥淚 am afraid that I鈥檒l have a front tire blow out on me at a hundred and twenty-five miles an hour,鈥� he said.
Abruptly, Lillian took a deep breath. We鈥檙e alike, she thought. Both of us have no future. His reaches only to the next race, and mine to the next hemorrhage. She smiled.
袧械 斜械褕械 薪褍卸薪芯 卸懈胁芯褌褗褌 写邪 褋械 谐谢械写邪 胁 谢懈褑械褌芯! 袛芯褋褌邪褌褗褔薪芯 斜械 写邪 褋械 褍褋械褖邪.
袙褋械泻懈 褋械 褋褌褉械屑械褕械 泻褗屑 薪褟泻邪泻胁邪 褑械谢, 胁褋械泻懈 褋械 屑褗褔械褕械 写邪 褟 写芯褋褌懈谐薪械 泻芯谢泻芯褌芯 褋械 屑芯卸械 锌芯-褋泻芯褉芯 懈 胁褋懈褔泻懈 褌械蟹懈 写褉械斜薪懈褔泻懈 褑械谢懈 薪邪锌褗谢薪芯 蟹邪褋械薪褔胁邪褏邪 泻褉邪泄薪邪褌邪 褑械谢 薪邪 褔芯胁械褕泻懈褟 卸懈胁芯褌 懈 褌褟 褋褟泻邪褕 锌褉械褋褌邪胁邪褕械 写邪 褋褗褖械褋褌胁褍胁邪.
袪邪蟹斜褉邪褏, 褔械 褔芯胁械泻 屑芯卸械 写邪 锌褉芯锌褍褋薪械 褋邪屑芯 褋械斜械 褋懈.
- 袨锌邪褋薪芯 械 胁褋懈褔泻芯, 泻芯械褌芯 薪械 胁谢邪写械械褕 薪邪锌褗谢薪芯 写芯斜褉械.
- 袗屑懈 邪泻芯 谐芯 胁谢邪写械械褕?
- 孝芯谐邪胁邪 械 芯褖械 锌芯-芯锌邪褋薪芯. 孝芯谐邪胁邪 褔芯胁械泻 褋褌邪胁邪 谢械泻芯屑懈褋谢械薪.
鈥� 袠 泻邪泻胁芯 锌褉械写褋褌邪胁谢褟胁邪 胁褋褗褖薪芯褋褌 械写懈薪 锌芯-写褗谢褗谐 卸懈胁芯褌? 小邪屑芯 械写薪芯 锌芯-写褗谢谐芯 屑懈薪邪谢芯. 袗 斜褗写械褖械褌芯 褋褌懈谐邪 胁懈薪邪谐懈 写芯 褋谢械写胁邪褖懈褟 写褗褏.
袩芯 褋谢褍褔邪泄薪芯褋褌. 孝芯胁邪 械 薪邪泄-写芯斜褉邪褌邪 锌芯写斜褍写邪, 泻芯褟褌芯 锌芯蟹薪邪胁邪屑.
孝邪蟹懈 胁械褔械褉 写褍屑邪褌邪 鈥溞秆佇盒靶尖€� 屑懈 懈蟹谐谢械卸写邪 褌械卸泻邪 泻邪褌芯 褔褍谐褍薪. 效芯胁械泻 薪懈褖芯 薪械 屑芯卸械 写邪 薪邪锌褉邪胁懈 褋 薪械褟. 孝芯谢泻芯胁邪 械 褔褍锌谢懈胁邪. 袩芯褋谢褍褕邪泄 胁褟褌褗褉邪! 袧懈屑邪 褌芯泄 懈褋泻邪 薪械褖芯?
袣芯谢泻芯 薪械锌芯褏胁邪褌薪芯 蟹邪锌芯褔胁邪 写邪 褋械 写褗褉卸懈 褔芯胁械泻, 泻芯谐邪褌芯 芯斜懈褔邪 懈褋褌懈薪褋泻懈.
袠蟹谐谢械卸写邪褌械 褌邪泻邪 褖邪褋褌谢懈胁邪! 袛邪 薪械 斜懈 写邪 褋褌械 胁谢褞斜械薪邪?
- 袛邪. 袙 械写薪邪 褉芯泻谢褟.
- 小褗胁褋械屑 褉邪蟹褍屑薪芯. 袝褌芯 械写薪邪 谢褞斜芯胁 斜械蟹 褋褌褉邪褏芯胁械 懈 斜械蟹 蟹邪褌褉褍写薪械薪懈褟!
- 孝邪泻邪胁邪 薪械 褋褗褖械褋褌胁褍胁邪...
袠蟹谐谢械卸写邪, 卸懈胁芯褌褗褌 芯斜懈褔邪 锌邪褉邪写芯泻褋懈褌械 鈥� 泻芯谐邪褌芯 褌懈 褋械 褋褌褉褍胁邪, 褔械 薪械褖邪褌邪 褋邪 胁 锌褗谢械薪 褉械写, 胁懈薪邪谐懈 褋懈 褋屑械褕械薪 懈 褋褌芯懈褕 薪邪 泻褉邪褟 薪邪 锌褉芯锌邪褋褌褌邪, 薪芯 泻芯谐邪褌芯 蟹薪邪械褕, 褔械 锟斤拷褋懈褔泻芯 械 斜械蟹胁褗蟹胁褉邪褌薪芯 锌褉芯锌邪写薪邪谢芯, 褋褗写斜邪褌邪 褌械 芯褌褉褍锌胁邪 褋 写邪褉芯胁械.
袣芯谐邪褌芯 褋械 褉邪蟹写械谢褟褌, 褏芯褉邪褌邪 胁懈薪邪谐懈 谐芯胁芯褉褟褌 褎邪谢褕懈胁懈 写褍屑懈, 胁懈薪邪谐懈 谢褗卸邪褌, 锌芯薪械卸械 胁 褌邪泻褗胁 屑芯屑械薪褌 懈褋褌懈薪邪褌邪 褋械 锌褉械胁褉褗褖邪 胁 薪械薪褍卸薪邪 卸械褋褌芯泻芯褋褌, 写芯泻邪褉胁邪褖邪 懈屑 械写懈薪褋褌胁械薪芯 谐芯褉械褋褌 懈 芯褌褔邪褟薪懈械, 褔械 薪械 褋邪 褋褗褍屑械谢懈 写邪 褋械 褋斜芯谐褍胁邪褌 锌芯 写褉褍谐 薪邪褔懈薪 懈 褔械 锌芯褋谢械写薪懈褟褌 褋锌芯屑械薪, 泻芯泄褌芯 褋懈 芯褋褌邪胁褟褌, 械 芯褋泻胁械褉薪械薪 芯褌 褉邪蟹锌褉邪胁懈懈, 薪械写芯褉邪蟹褍屑械薪懈褟 懈 芯屑褉邪蟹邪.
- 袩芯写懈胁褨褌褜褋褟, 褟泻 胁芯薪邪 褌邪薪褑褞褦. 袙懈 锌邪屑'褟褌邪褦褌械 锌芯屑锌械泄褋褜泻褨 屑芯蟹邪褩泻懈? 袞褨薪泻懈, 褋褌胁芯褉械薪褨 屑懈褋褌械褑褌胁芯屑, 褌芯屑褍 褌邪泻褨 锌褉械泻褉邪褋薪褨, 褖芯 胁褋械 胁懈锌邪写泻芯胁械 胁 薪懈褏 胁褨写泻懈薪褍褌芯! 袟芯斜褉邪卸械薪邪 谢懈褕械 褩褏薪褟 泻褉邪褋邪.