Real Fiction / Manuela Meleandră, Alina Pădurariu, Florentina Ghițescu, translated by Raluca Sălcianu: Porcelain

Manuela MeleandrăI held it carefully, a porcelain cup with cracks repaired with gold. Fragile, but stronger in the places it was once broken. Why are you keeping it?, they asked me. I didn’t answer. I poured water in it, watching it leak through the finest crack, spilling on the table. It wasn’t perfect, but I’m not either. …

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