“That man loves you.” / Andre Dubus, III.
In a dialogue between a granddaughter and her grandmother, Andre Dubus deals with the high expectations of the spouses nowadays. His conclusion goes back to what long-lasting marriages have always been,
“Living with a man is a job, Suzie. You go to work whether you feel like it or not.”
Gone So Long tells the disjointed story of a father who has killed his wife and searches for his daughter after a lengthy jail time. You will find excellent passages. Andre Dubus writes well with forceful prose.
HUMANS NEED FRIENDSHIP/ Romain Gary
We need all the dogs, all the cats, all the canaries, and all the creatures we can find. He suddenly spat on the ground forcefully. Then he said, with his head lowered, as if he dared not look at the stars: “Humans need friendship.”
