The Woman in Valencia

and I smile like I’ve never smiled before. I limp toward the Assut de l’Or Bridge, which stands out starkly against the blue of the sky. Some people think it looks like a harp, like the Samuel Beckett Bridge in Dublin, others a ham holder. I see a ship, a sailboat ready to cast off. As I draw closer to its white steel mainsail, with its almost translucent shrouds, my pride swells to fabulous proportions. Shivering, I wrap myself in a foil blanket, which I clutch tightly against my body, like an embrace that I vanish into altogether.

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translated by Katherine Hastings

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Finalist, 2017 Governor General’s Literary Award for Translation

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