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APOLLO By Chimamanda Addichie by mitchey(m): 9:05pm On Apr 07, 2015 |
Popular Novelist and short story writer Chimamanda Adichie has rolled out another interesting short story captioned APOLLO I first thought it was about that red-eye sickness. In case you share same thoughts Rid your mind of it The story: Twice a month, like a dutiful son, I visited my parents in Enugu, in their small overfurnished flat that grew dark in the afternoon. Retirement had changed them, shrunk them. They were in their late eighties, both small and mahogany-skinned, with a tendency to stoop. They seemed to look more and more alike, as though all the years together had made their features blend and bleed into one another. They even smelled alikeāa menthol scent, from the green vial of Vicks VapoRub they passed to each other, carefully rubbing a little in their nostrils and on aching joints. When I arrived, I would find them either sitting out on the veranda overlooking the road or sunk into the living-room sofa, watching continue: http://inspirecrib..com/2015/04/apollo-by-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie.html 1 Share
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