It’s Not Easy to Start Living
Bernardo Verbitsky
1941
XLVI
He was learning about the Jewish festivals from Leo. The arrival of the new year was suddenly upon him, and that’s when he decided that fasting on Yom Kippur would be a fine adventure. The thought of spending a whole day without eating or drinking became in his imagination like entering a dark place with threats lurking in sinuous alleyways…
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