... victims of sexual violence. In describing her desires, she is uninhibited. She recalls her dead husband, Florencio, with undisguised passion: And what I want is his body. Naked and hot with love; boiling with desire; stroking my trembling breasts and arms. My transparent body suspended from his. My lustful body held and released by his strength. What shall I do now with my ... my throat and push against the roof of my mouth....(113). Susana, absorbed by her own obsessed image of Florencio, replies: He sheltered me in his arms. He gave me love (114). As she dies, her body curls up in a g...

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