Burden: A NovelSt. Martin's Publishing Group, 2003. 4. 7. - 320페이지 Burden, a twenty-one-year-old grocery store clerk in Walterboro, South Carolina, has two things on his mind: suicide and sex. Suicide because of overwhelming guilt for his role in the death of a beloved cousin. Sex because if you live in a small Southern town stuffed with unfulfilled wives and their vengeful men, it's got to be a great way to go. |
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... forward so quickly she had nearly struck foreheads with Burden. “Jesus, Pru, that felt good," Burden said. “Do it again.” His words were slurred, his mind steeped in that same sexual perfume. A lazy, crooked smile adorned his face and ...
... forward and said to Eugene, “You want to go up to Monck's Corner tomorrow morning, get some fishing in?” “Can't. I'm making a run at four to Ashville, be gone most of the day." “You leaving four in the afternoon?" Burden asked. “Christ ...
... forward. When he reached the third crossroad he hesitated, kicked at the damp clay below his heels, and turned down the narrower lane. Fifteen yards down the lane Burden turned again, walking a final twenty feet over the grass, passing ...
... forward with his mop. “Well, when you're finished here you can go. Just see that you get in early tomorrow. Hear? I don't want those people waiting long for their groceries." When he was once more alone, Burden stuffed the mop in the ...
... forward until each was in its preordained quadrant of space. However, as with every other moment in her life, Irony had delivered this miracle of fleshly metamorphosis on its own demonic timetable, for by the time her late debut had ...