Faint Taste of Salt
Posted: March 31, 2014 Filed under: Prose, Writing | Tags: Argentina, breast, Cortázar, extract, from the observatory, Julio Cortazar, latin american literature, love, salt, siesta, sleep Leave a commentAn extract from From the Observatory by Julio Cortazar:
…amor de siesta o duermevela, entreviendo en esa mancha clara la puerta que se abre a la terraza, en una ráfaga verde la blusa que te quitaste para darme la leve sal que tiembla en tus senos.
…holding you in my arms, siesta love or half asleep, glimpsing in that patch of light through the door that opens onto the terrace, in a green gust the blouse you took off to give me the faint taste of salt trembling on your breasts