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Название книги: The Cider House Rules
Автор(ы): John Irving
Жанр: Современная проза
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/The-Cider-House-Rules-159174.html
For David CalicchioConventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last.– Charlotte Bronte, 1847–
For practical purposes abortion may be defined as the interruption of gestation before viability of the child.– H.J. Boldt, M.D., 1906–
1. The Boy Who Belonged to St. Cloud's
In the hospital of the orphanage-the boys' division at St. Cloud's, Maine-two nurses were in charge of naming the new babies and checking that their little penises were healing from the obligatory circumcision. In those days (in 192-), all boys born at St. Cloud's were circumcised because the orphanage physician had experienced some difficulty in treating uncircumcised soldiers, for this and for that, in World War I. The doctor, who was also the director of the boys' division, was not a religious man; circumcision was not a rite with him-it was a strictly medical act, performed for hygienic reasons. His name was Wilbur Larch, which, except for the scent of ether that always accompanied him, reminded one of the nurses of the tough, durable wood of the coniferous tree of that name. She hated, however, the ridiculous name of Wilbur, and took offense at the silliness of combining a word like Wilbur with something as substantial as a tree.The other nurse imagined herself to be in love with Dr. Larch, and when it was her turn to name a baby, she frequently named him John Larch, or John Wilbur (her father's name was John), or Wilbur Walsh (her mother's maiden name had been Walsh). Despite her love for Dr. L
Название книги: The Cider House Rules
Автор(ы): John Irving
Жанр: Современная проза
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/The-Cider-House-Rules-159174.html
For David CalicchioConventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last.– Charlotte Bronte, 1847–
For practical purposes abortion may be defined as the interruption of gestation before viability of the child.– H.J. Boldt, M.D., 1906–
1. The Boy Who Belonged to St. Cloud's
In the hospital of the orphanage-the boys' division at St. Cloud's, Maine-two nurses were in charge of naming the new babies and checking that their little penises were healing from the obligatory circumcision. In those days (in 192-), all boys born at St. Cloud's were circumcised because the orphanage physician had experienced some difficulty in treating uncircumcised soldiers, for this and for that, in World War I. The doctor, who was also the director of the boys' division, was not a religious man; circumcision was not a rite with him-it was a strictly medical act, performed for hygienic reasons. His name was Wilbur Larch, which, except for the scent of ether that always accompanied him, reminded one of the nurses of the tough, durable wood of the coniferous tree of that name. She hated, however, the ridiculous name of Wilbur, and took offense at the silliness of combining a word like Wilbur with something as substantial as a tree.The other nurse imagined herself to be in love with Dr. Larch, and when it was her turn to name a baby, she frequently named him John Larch, or John Wilbur (her father's name was John), or Wilbur Walsh (her mother's maiden name had been Walsh). Despite her love for Dr. L
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