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The tango singer performs at Caminito, a tango bar Geryon stumbles into one night in Buenos Aires. Geryon dislikes tango songs and fades in and out of consciousness during her performance. He awakens after the club has cleared out for the night, and he and the singer have a conversation about captivity, guilt, and nothingness.
Tango Singer Quotes in Autobiography of Red
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Chapter 31 Quotes
You can’t be alive and think about nothing.
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Tango Singer Character Timeline in Autobiography of Red
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Chapter 31. Tango
...of musicians play music as though they are one person. Geryon is disappointed when a tango singer comes on stage and disrupts their music. She sings a tango song, which Geryon doesn’t...
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...falls asleep. When he wakes, the bar is empty, and the lights are off. The tango singer is sweeping the floor and walks toward him. Geryon realizes he has woken with an...
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Geryon returns to the present. He’s still sitting across from the tango singer and asks her if she thinks about beluga whales in captivity and what she thinks...
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