Timothy Hallinan, The Queen of Patpong
"I let one of the men rename me. A man gave me the name Rose – you didn’t know that, did you, Poke?…He said, this man, he said that Kwan was too hard to remember, even though it’s a good name and it means ‘spirit,’ and that the rose was the queen of flowers and I was the queen of Patpong.” She laughs, rough as a cough. “The queen of Patpong. A kingdom of whores and viruses. Death with a smile."
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"I let one of the men rename me. A man gave me the name Rose – you didn’t know that, did you, Poke?…He said, this man, he said that Kwan was too hard to remember, even though it’s a good name and it means ‘spirit,’ and that the rose was the queen of flowers and I was the queen of Patpong.” She laughs, rough as a cough. “The queen of Patpong. A kingdom of whores and viruses. Death with a smile."
"سمحتُ لأحد الرجال أن يمنحني اسماً جديداً. رجلٌ سماني "روز" – لم تكن تعلم ذلك، أليس كذلك يا "بوك"؟... قال هذا الرجل، قال إن اسم "كوان" يصعب تذكره، مع أنه اسم جميل ويعني "الروح"، وإن الوردة هي ملكة الزهور، وأنا ملكة "باتبونغ". ضحكتْ ضحكةً خشنةً كالسعال. "ملكة باتبونغ. مملكةٌ من العاهرات والفيروسات. موتٌ بابتسامة."
Timothy Hallinan, The Queen of Patpong
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