Word: marinat
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...pleasanter lunatic than José Marinat perhaps never lived. Years have passed since he first won the hearts of shrewd peasants in the suburbs of Tarragona by three peculiarities. He would work without pay. He loved to tell stories to children. And to toss "Poor José" an old guitar was the prelude to an evening of wild, haunting melody...
Once deep in the woods, José Marinat, usually a dead shot, fired at a pigeon and missed, at another and missed, at another and missed...
Strolling home with his empty rifle José Marinat saw his mother standing in the doorway and felled her with a single blow. The sight of her quiet body seemed to penetrate at last into his maddened brain. Throwing away his rifle he plunged again into the woods, wandered aimlessly for two days, was hunted down and shot dead by efficient agents of the famed Spanish Guardia Civil...
| 1 |