Word: thuras
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Dates: during 1953-1953
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...ferocious desire to bear the agonies of a plaster cast that may reshape her grotesque body, seem offensive to the other patients. But gradually they gain some of her hunger to become normal again, while she learns to value their simple, unheroic humanity. Under Stephania's prodding, little Thura begins to move her paralyzed fingers, while Fröken Nilsson, outraged at being called an "old heap of fat" by Stephania, goes on a rigorous diet. Only Stephania, misshapen and disappointed, must go back alone into the world, to try to win a place for herself...