If on a winter’s night a traveler

by

Italo Calvino

Madam Miyagi is the mother of Makiko, and she has a strained relationship with Makiko’s father, Mr. Okeda. In On a carpet of leaves illuminated by the moon, the family has a young man staying with them (the narrator), and Madam Miyagi seems to flirt with him. This culminates in them having sex, with both Makiko and Mr. Okeda witnessing the act.

Madam Miyagi Quotes in If on a winter’s night a traveler

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On the carpet of leaves illuminated by the moon Quotes

But the triumph of the water lilies’ capture upset the order of our movements, and so my right arm closed over a void, whereas my left hand, which had abandoned its hold on the shoot, fell back and encountered the lap of Madame Miyagi, who seemed prepared to receive it and almost hold it, with a yielding start which was communicated to my whole person. At this moment something was determined that later had incalculable consequences, as I will recount in time.

Related Characters: The Narrator (speaker), Madam Miyagi , Mr. Okeda, Makiko
Page Number: 202
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Madam Miyagi Quotes in If on a winter’s night a traveler

The If on a winter’s night a traveler quotes below are all either spoken by Madam Miyagi or refer to Madam Miyagi . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
The Act of Reading Theme Icon
).
On the carpet of leaves illuminated by the moon Quotes

But the triumph of the water lilies’ capture upset the order of our movements, and so my right arm closed over a void, whereas my left hand, which had abandoned its hold on the shoot, fell back and encountered the lap of Madame Miyagi, who seemed prepared to receive it and almost hold it, with a yielding start which was communicated to my whole person. At this moment something was determined that later had incalculable consequences, as I will recount in time.

Related Characters: The Narrator (speaker), Madam Miyagi , Mr. Okeda, Makiko
Page Number: 202
Explanation and Analysis: