The Coat of Arms of Lopez and Suaço

There were other inimical forces, too, besides the police and the Enemy, more uncanny and less palpable forces. When I dragged behind the nursemaid who held my younger brother by the hand…

No one paid any attention to Aronek. He took a piece of bread from the cupboard, chose the largest carrot, and went to the neighbors. At the widow Gitel’s it was warm and clean. From the ceiling hung…