I have always wanted to go to Trieste because it sounds like tristesse, which is a light-hearted word, even though in Fr — Deborah Levy, Hot Milk
I have always wanted to go to Trieste because it sounds like tristesse, which is a light-hearted word, even though in Fr — Deborah Levy, Hot Milk
I have always wanted to go to Trieste because it sounds like tristesse, which is a light-hearted word, even though in Fr — Deborah Levy, Hot Milk
I have always wanted to go to Trieste because it sounds like tristesse, which is a light-hearted word, even though in Fr — Deborah Levy, Hot Milk
I have always wanted to go to Trieste because it sounds like tristesse, which is a light-hearted word, even though in Fr — Deborah Levy, Hot Milk
I have always wanted to go to Trieste because it sounds like tristesse, which is a light-hearted word, even though in Fr — Deborah Levy, Hot Milk
I have always wanted to go to Trieste because it sounds like tristesse, which is a light-hearted word, even though in Fr — Deborah Levy, Hot Milk
I have always wanted to go to Trieste because it sounds like tristesse, which is a light-hearted word, even though in Fr — Deborah Levy, Hot Milk
I have always wanted to go to Trieste because it sounds like tristesse, which is a light-hearted word, even though in Fr — Deborah Levy, Hot Milk
I have always wanted to go to Trieste because it sounds like tristesse, which is a light-hearted word, even though in Fr — Deborah Levy, Hot Milk
I have always wanted to go to Trieste because it sounds like tristesse, which is a light-hearted word, even though in Fr — Deborah Levy, Hot Milk
I have always wanted to go to Trieste because it sounds like tristesse, which is a light-hearted word, even though in Fr — Deborah Levy, Hot Milk
I have always wanted to go to Trieste because it sounds like tristesse, which is a light-hearted word, even though in Fr — Deborah Levy, Hot Milk
I have always wanted to go to Trieste because it sounds like tristesse, which is a light-hearted word, even though in Fr — Deborah Levy, Hot Milk
I have always wanted to go to Trieste because it sounds like tristesse, which is a light-hearted word, even though in Fr — Deborah Levy, Hot Milk
I have always wanted to go to Trieste because it sounds like tristesse, which is a light-hearted word, even though in Fr — Deborah Levy, Hot Milk
I have always wanted to go to Trieste because it sounds like tristesse, which is a light-hearted word, even though in Fr — Deborah Levy, Hot Milk
I have always wanted to go to Trieste because it sounds like tristesse, which is a light-hearted word, even though in Fr — Deborah Levy, Hot Milk
I have always wanted to go to Trieste because it sounds like tristesse, which is a light-hearted word, even though in Fr — Deborah Levy, Hot Milk
I have always wanted to go to Trieste because it sounds like tristesse, which is a light-hearted word, even though in Fr — Deborah Levy, Hot Milk
I have always wanted to go to Trieste because it sounds like tristesse, which is a light-hearted word, even though in Fr — Deborah Levy, Hot Milk
I have always wanted to go to Trieste because it sounds like tristesse, which is a light-hearted word, even though in Fr — Deborah Levy, Hot Milk
I have always wanted to go to Trieste because it sounds like tristesse, which is a light-hearted word, even though in Fr — Deborah Levy, Hot Milk
I have always wanted to go to Trieste because it sounds like tristesse, which is a light-hearted word, even though in Fr — Deborah Levy, Hot Milk
I have always wanted to go to Trieste because it sounds like tristesse, which is a light-hearted word, even though in Fr — Deborah Levy, Hot Milk
I have always wanted to go to Trieste because it sounds like tristesse, which is a light-hearted word, even though in Fr — Deborah Levy, Hot Milk
I have always wanted to go to Trieste because it sounds like tristesse, which is a light-hearted word, even though in Fr — Deborah Levy, Hot Milk
I have always wanted to go to Trieste because it sounds like tristesse, which is a light-hearted word, even though in Fr — Deborah Levy, Hot Milk
I have always wanted to go to Trieste because it sounds like tristesse, which is a light-hearted word, even though in Fr — Deborah Levy, Hot Milk
I have always wanted to go to Trieste because it sounds like tristesse, which is a light-hearted word, even though in Fr — Deborah Levy, Hot Milk
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I have always wanted to go to Trieste because it sounds like tristesse, which is a light-hearted word, even though in French it means sadness. In Spanish it is tristeza, which is heavier than French sadness, more of a groan than a whisper.

— Deborah Levy, Hot Milk
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