Il presagio
Bevetti il mio caffè del mattino e non ebbi nessun orrido presentimento. Suonò il campanello. Di nuovo non avvertii il male avvicinarsi. Il postino mi consegnò una lettera. Non sentii trepidazione, la aprii. Non recava nessuna orribile notizia. “Aaahhh!”, urlai. Le mie sensazioni non mi avevano in ingannato.
Di Erich Muhsam
The premonition
I drank my morning coffee and suspected nothing evil.
The bell rang. I still suspected nothing evil.
The mailman brought me a letter. Suspecting nothing evil, I opened it.
There was nothing evil in it.
“Ha!” I exclaimed. My intuition had not betrayed me.
By Erich Muhsam
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I devoured this in one sitting this afternoon and loved it. Published in Japan back in 1988 but only last year in an English translation (and a wonderful one at that, by Asa Yoneda), it will now make me seek out the few Banana Yoshimoto books I haven't read yet.
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