
Fortunato came from a long line of circus people, the kind who are born with rubber bones and a natural gift for somersaults, people who at an age when other infants are crawling around like worms are hanging upside down from a trapeze and brushing the lion’s teeth...
This story is part of the collection "The Stories of Eva Luna", published in Spanish in 1989 and in English in 1991.
Fortunato came from a long line of circus people, the kind who are born with rubber bones and a natural gift for somersaults, people who at an age when other infants are crawling around like worms are hanging upside down from a trapeze and brushing the lion’s teeth...
This story is part of the collection "The Stories of Eva Luna", published in Spanish in 1989 and in English in 1991.