Chapter 9 Sixth District Fun

The whole world is talking about the delights of District Six, and I'm not that blessed. ①The Latin Quarter. "Tabe", "Two Cigarette Butts", "Flora", "Lipe" and "Four Seasons" are all famous cafes in the sixth arrondissement of Paris, and they are also frequented by writers and artists. "Tab", I believe I've been there probably once, maybe twice, no, I don't think I've been there twice.I go to "Two Cigarette Butts" and "Flora" very rarely.Since I became famous after I wrote "Hiroshima", it was over, and I had to shy away from that terrible open-air seat.I used to go to "Lipe" because of the Fernandez family.But I went to "Four Seasons".

① Refers to Dora's screenplay (1960). ② Hernandez: French writer, famous for his research on Balzac. why?Because of pride.I'm very small, so I can't avoid places where big women go.My clothes are the same every day.I only have one dress, the black one, the one I wore in the war, and it will work everywhere.I've often been ashamed, as young people are, of being out of "fashion."In short, for various reasons, I have been haunted by shame all my life. In one lifetime, go to "taboo" or "two cigarette butts", and in a blink of an eye it becomes too late to go.Public gatherings, or dancing, all the time I see, I mean, as a woman, it's all over in a blink of an eye.