The first meal I ate in Rome was nothing much. Just some homemade pasta (spaghetti cabonara) with a side order of sautéed spinach and garlic. (The great romantic poet Shelley once wrote a horr
'Ah! True! More shame for him,' thought Walter. After a minute's pause, during which he had been looking down upon the gentle patient little face moving on at his side, he said, 'The
FOR THE NEXT COUPLE of years, the words "economic development" and "reform" danced on a lot of lips in Kabul. The constitutional monarchy had been abolished, replaced by a republic, led by a presiden
A few weeks later, I am living in Italy.[qh]数星期后,我住在意大利。[qh]I have quit my job, paid off my divorce settlement and legal bills, given up my house, given up my apartment, put what belongin
As they stood deliberating in the street, a man passed them, who glanced quickly at Walter as he went by, as if he recognised him; but seeming to correct that first impression, he passed on without s
I thought for a while, then pulled out a notebook and wrote this petition: [qh]我想了一会儿,而后抽出一本笔记本,写下这封请愿书:[qh]Dear God. [qh]亲爱的神:[qh]Please intervene and help end this div
The spring of 2003 brought things to a boiling point. A year and a half after I'd left, my husband was finally ready to discuss terms of a settlement. Yes, he wanted cash and the house and the le
Now, I'm the kind of person who, when a ninth-generation Indonesian medicine man tells you that you're destined to move to Bali and live with him for four months, thinks you should make every
Mr. Clark stood rapt in amazement: observing under his breath, I never saw such a start on this wharf before. Walter picked up the shoe, and put it on the little foot as the Prince in the story might
Then he asked if he could read my palm. I gave him my left hand and he proceeded to put me together like a three-piece puzzle. [qh]而后他问我能否看看我的手相。我让他看左手,而后他将我组合起来,就像拼