SCENE LEAVING OLD LADIES HOUSE – TRACHIMBROD
Old Lady: I didn’t understand why my sister hid her wedding ring in
a jar...
And why she said to me, “In case.”
In case what?
In case she was killed?
Yes, and then what?
Why did she bury it?
Alex Perchov: I do not know.
Old Lady: Ask him.
Alex Perchov: She wants to know why Augustine buried her wedding
In case what?
In case she was killed?
Yes, and then what?
Why did she bury it?
Alex Perchov: I do not know.
Old Lady: Ask him.
Alex Perchov: She wants to know why Augustine buried her wedding
ring when she thought she would be killed?
Jonathan Safran Foer: So it would be proof that she existed.
Alex Perchov: To remember her.
Old Lady: No. I don’t think so.
In case…
In case someone should come searching one day.
Alex Perchov: So they would have something to find?
Old Lady: No, it does not exist for you.
You exist for it.
You have come because it exists.
Alex Perchov: She says the ring is not here because of us.
We are here because of the ring.
Jonathan Safran Foer: So it would be proof that she existed.
Alex Perchov: To remember her.
Old Lady: No. I don’t think so.
In case…
In case someone should come searching one day.
Alex Perchov: So they would have something to find?
Old Lady: No, it does not exist for you.
You exist for it.
You have come because it exists.
Alex Perchov: She says the ring is not here because of us.
We are here because of the ring.
posted by amy
1 Comments:
I love this book more than anything.
It is very cozy at your place!
I.
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