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Эстафета / Relay Перевод - Ольга Черняева (Елка),
2003 Он укрывается за стеклом автобусной остановки, чтобы прикурить первую
в этот день сигарету. Закончив, он выпрямляется и удаляется широкими
шагами, He crouches in the lee of a plexiglas bus shelter to light his first
cigarette of the day. This accomplished, he straightens
and strides away, quickly accelerating
into his usual high-speed lope. Motion is sanctuary. He is accustomed
to keeping this race-walk pace for hours at a time, back
and forth on the same stretch of
Sunset Boulevard between Western and Vine. "Dont't Walk" signals
annoy him, and
he invariably disregards them, finding reckless gaps in the honking,
grinding
traffic. No intersection is forbidden to him. Incredibly, he's only
been ticketed and
fined once in nine years, and has never suffered more than a brush
from a passing
bumper. He often runs over car hoods without breaking stride, and
uses buses
nudging their way back into the noon stream as shields. He is thinking
of buying
himself one of those long, flat black wallets with a chain on it
when a brand-new
Harley owner on her way to the health club runs the light on Gower
and pitches © Viggo Mortensen, 1998 Вернуться на страницу Recent Forgeries
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