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Grandfather2 by Greg Hrbek

Tübingen · TübingenNothing hangs together. There are big holes in the daughter’s memory. She cannot fathom the passage of time. Half a century ago when she was ten, sixty was an old woman. She does not think of herself that way. It is an astonishing fact which makes no sense to her. She stops eating and looks up. “When were we there, mother? Miriam and I? What year was it when we were in the orphanage?” “Oh, I don’t remember that.” The two are sitting at the di…Read Article
The Orphanage by Waltrudis Buck

Toronto, ON · TorontoBy the time Hamid learns they’ll have a guest, it’s a done deal. Kathy has this habit of inviting people over for beer on a whim, but having someone—a man, no less—stay for a whole week without consulting him? The fact that Abtin is gay, as she repeatedly emphasizes, does little to ease Hamid’s mind. “He was sobbing on the phone. Could hardly get a word out,” Kathy says. “I suggested maybe he could come to Toronto. Didn’t think he’d actually do …Read Article