Jackie Danicki

Antoine’s grandfather

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This particular photograph of Antoine’s grandfather hangs in our home. At the huge market market at Porte de Montreuil, Antoine walked up to a random box of books and plucked one from the centre; it was one of the hundred-plus that his grandfather, Exbrayat, wrote. It was nice to see a familiar, laughing face in what was a pretty dismal market. (It was incredibly hot, even at 7PM, and being surrounded by hundreds of women who must have been absolutely sweltering in their burkhas didn’t make one feel much cooler.)

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