the unusual abundance

Manuela tries all the appetizers- the wild salmon, the mushrooms in olive oil, the baby artichokes, the Russian salad, the anchovy and caper rolls, the duck liver pâté, the eel- because the unusual abundance tell her that her mother has spent the entire day in the kitchen, and Manuela is the only person in the world she'd do that for... She only picks at the linguine with clams, the grouper with capers, the artichokes; she resigns herself to the ritual slice of panettone.



Limbo, Melania G. Mazzucco