Fierce with Reality: Literature on Aging
Margaret Cruikshank
As for the old woman, she brought some friends to live with her in the house, and the dãmi did not return there again. This tale was recorded by an Englishwoman, Lady Eleanor Stevens, who lived in Iraq. The teller is identified as Lili, a Baghdad Christian woman. Lady Stevens published Folk-Tales of Iraq in London in 1931. ANNIE AT 109, TOM DOMEK her mate into check for the hundredth time, she revels. At home, over anisette, and a game of chess, my wife recalls Old Annie, who, ...