story: “The Ice Wagon Going Down the Street”
author: Mavis Gallant
year: 1963
where: Burj al Salam, Dubai
note: reread
a line: “Snow, which he tasted, melted on her hands. His gesture of licking snow from her hands was formal as a handshake.”
theme(s): Self-delusion, expatriate life, storytelling, loyalty
samantha Neugebauer 