Murmurs [2007]
(in The Collected Radio Drama of Marie-Claire Blais, Cormorant Press, Toronto, 2007)
Original
Résumé Swiming in a river, Judith talks about the fragility of her life with her brother Luc who is listening carefully. Sound and language are delicately and subtly interwoven as reflections of different levels of sensibility. Extrait « LUC: Can you hear the frogs? I'm always going to be sorry I was cruel to these little things once upon a time. / JUDITH: You, cruel? No, I don't believe it. / LUC: Oh, there are ways and ways to be cruel… / JUDITH: Speaking of cruelty-though you may not know a thing about it- don't think I didn't know the hurt I caused you that night I jumped into the river…even as I let myself slip to the bottom, I couldn't let go of your face, your eyes, and most of all, your voice. I thought that last murmur of life would go down with me, and now I'm appalled that I caused so much distress to someone like you… » |