Page "The Book of Laughter and Forgetting" Paragraph 7

Tamina, a woman who works in a cafe, wants to retrieve her love letters and diaries in Prague through her customer who will be going to Prague, Bibi.

Also, another customer, Hugo, who lusts for Tamina, offers to help her if Bibi cannot go to Prague.

One day, Hugo invites Tamina to dinner and they visited the zoo together.

A group of ostriches move their mute mouths vigorously to Hugo and Tamina as if to warn them of something, which gives Tamina a bad feeling about the letters and diaries in Prague.

As these items, which Tamina describes as packed in a parcel, are in her mother-in-law's, she phoned her father to take it from her mother-in-law, so it will be easier for Bibi to get them.

After a lot of pleas, her father agreed to send Tamina's brother to take them.

It turns out that the items are not packed in a parcel, and Tamina fears that her private letters and diaries are read by others.

The situation turns worse as Bibi gets fed up with her husband and refuses to go anywhere with him, which means the trip to Prague is cancelled.

Hugo offers to help and once again invites Tamina to his house.

Hugo tries desperately to win her heart.

Tamina later has sex with Hugo, but cannot keep her mind off her deceased husband.

Hugo senses her uneasiness but he still finishes the act.

Again, Hugo chats with Tamina and tries saying things that please her.

However, Tamina is not interested in his talk but only in Hugo's trip to Prague.

Hugo gradually knows that and his speech gets weaker and he starts to get angry.

Tamina is increasingly disgusted by his talk and eventually vomited in the toilet.

Hugo knows that she has absolutely no interest in him and refuses to help her.

At the end, the letters and diaries remain in Prague.