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Bet on the poet!

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Bolaño’s character from ‘The Beach’ is observed by a character I imagined

The meeting

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An unexpected meeting makes the main character write a reproachful letter to the past…

Bittersweet pill # 3 – Childhood memories

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Here are moments from 3 different childhoods, all bittersweet. Perhaps that is due to the fact that time passed by quickly…

Bittersweet pill # 2 – Managers are also human

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Appearances are deceiving – her stern look and the luxury that surrounds him become irrelevant once you hear their story…

The bittersweet pill # 1 – On the phone

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2 short phone conversations, one is sad, the other one – funny: what happens to a child once his parents divorce and a call from the girlfriend of your last date.

On hypocrisy

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Who do you think is the most hypocrite character? The lady in the supermarket who demands respect and cuts in front of the queue, the ‘loyal’ colleague that gossips about her friends or the main character, who, in the evening, contradicts her morning thoughts?

Childhood friends

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Matthew leads his childhood friend through the gay bars in Soho, trying to tell him a secret. This journey stirs a series of memories for James, about his life and experiences he shared with his friend…

Mr. Petrica

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I met Mr. Petrica in Herastrau. He was smoking used cigarette butts and smelled like dead flowers. Had the stern posture of a general and the delicate gestures of a watchmaker. He wasn’t begging, but didn’t refuse to eat with me, either. Thus, I learnt his story was not at all as I had imagined…