April 25, 2020
Series of posts (within SC.) with Piglia’s bits of fiction wisdom
Breakthrough on story Kingsway Massage: have the wife ask and then demand some of his weekly cash. He can’t refuse, so his story fails and forces a confession or further lies; but, first, he tries to grill wife on why she needs the money. Focus on the nature of exchange. Implicit comparison between how he interacts with wife and the masseuse. Does he try to seduce her (wife) in attempt to distract her (also, as way of processing his feelings about what happened): the nature of exchange: money is never neutral but always contains other things invisible and invisibly attached. Repayment, exchange, and repentance.
