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Shylesh ragu Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
The Gathering
The following sentence is from the novel 'The Gathering' written by Anne Enright.
"I think you might call it a crime of the flesh, but the flesh is long fallen away and I am not sure what hurt may linger in the bones."
Could someone explain the meaning of this sentence!
"I think you might call it a crime of the flesh, but the flesh is long fallen away and I am not sure what hurt may linger in the bones."
Could someone explain the meaning of this sentence!
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She's good. She writes with that comfortable Irish abstruseness. The affair happened so long ago that the details (flesh) have disappeared leaving only a child's memories (bones).
- She's good.
- She writes with that comfortable Irish abstruseness.
- The affair happened so long ago that the details (flesh) have disappeared leaving only a child's memories (bones).
- It might hurt her to remember.
- This all goes with the rest of the chapter, where the dead animals weather away leaving bones.
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She's good. She writes with that comfortable Irish abstruseness.
The affair happened so long ago that the details (flesh) have disappeared leaving only a child's memories (bones). It might hurt her to remember. This all goes with the rest of the chapter, where the dead animals weather away leaving bones.
The affair happened so long ago that the details (flesh) have disappeared leaving only a child's memories (bones). It might hurt her to remember. This all goes with the rest of the chapter, where the dead animals weather away leaving bones.
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