“I was born a feral beast.
At the time of my birth, I tore my mother apart. It wasn’t on purpose. I think the circumstances caused it. There was a lot of blood in the hospital room.
My father, who gutted animals as part of his occupation, couldn’t bear to look.”
– from “A Western Tale” by Sándor Jászberényi, translated from the Hungarian by Diana Senechal
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Read more fiction by Sándor Jászberényi in B O D Y:
Banana Split
Somewhere on the Border
The Majestic Clouds
The Devil is a Black Dog
Professional Killers
The Blake Precept
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