Authors: Hans Werner Kettenbach
Black Ice (26 page)
He bowed his head and gave himself up to tears. He kneeled there for a long time, his hands in the damp cold sand, weeping quietly. His shoulders shook only now and then. He said, his chin on his chest: “You'll be ill, little boy.”
After a while he struggled up again. He tottered a few steps down the slope, stumbled and fell. He did
not try to break this fall. He fell with his face in the sand.
not try to break this fall. He fell with his face in the sand.
He raised his head and said: “Manny. Dear boy. Come along now. Let's go home.”
BITTER LEMON PRESS
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First published in the United Kingdom in 2005 by
Bitter Lemon Press, 37 Arundel Gardens, London W11 2LW
Reprinted 2008
Bitter Lemon Press, 37 Arundel Gardens, London W11 2LW
Reprinted 2008
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First published in German as
Glatteis
by Bastei Verlag Gustav H. Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach, 1982
Glatteis
by Bastei Verlag Gustav H. Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach, 1982
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