Teffi & Grossman

[Anna Frajlich]

Both, in my understanding.
Cry of pain assumes that someone will hear, however, sometime one cries while being alone. On the desert for example.
Anna

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On Jul 8, 2013, at 2:14 PM, Robert Chandler <kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM> wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
> First: a question about a passage from a story by Teffi.  I don't understand the meaning of the repeated А-а-а-а! The woman speaking is in pain, and probably close to death.  She is doped up with morphine.  The person she is calling to is, I think, the angel of death.  Is the "А-а-а-а!" likely to be a cry of pain - or a way of attracting this person's attention?
> 
>  — А-а-а! — закричала я. — Вернитесь! Я не хочу быть одна! 
>     Как его зовут. Как его позвать. Я не знаю. Но мне невыносимо страшно одной. 
>      — А-а-а-а! Я боюсь... 
>     Но, кажется, это неправда, Я не боюсь. Привыкла думать, что одной страшно. Я вернусь в свой домик, У меня есть на чем утвердить жизнь. У меня есть домик, который я нарисовала... Только холодно мне. Холодно. 
>      — Вернитесь! А-а-а-а-а... 
> 
> 
> “No!” I cried out.  “Come back!  I don’t want to be alone!”
> What is his name?  How can I call out to him (call him??)?  I don’t know.  But I can’t bear to be left all alone.
>   “??????!  I’m afraid...”
>   But that’s not quite right: I’m not afraid.  I’m just used to thinking that I’m afraid of being alone.  I’ll go back to my little house.  Yes, I still have something to affirm life with.  I’ve still got the little house I once drew...  But I’m cold.  So cold. 
>   “Come back!  ???????!”
> 
>                    *****
> 
> Second: for anyone with an interest in Vasily Grossman and/or Armenia.  I managed to publish this a few days ago:
> http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/03fa2b0e-e3ec-11e2-91a3-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2YD4qJevt
> 
> All the best,
> 
> Robert
> 
> Robert Chandler, 42 Milson Road, London, W14 OLD
> 
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