The seventh story of the anthology short story series “A Song from the Laundry Room” is titled “A White Horse by the Window”.
This story records a white horse through the window of one of the oldest townhouses on Strandgade 30, Copenhagen.
In 1889, one young lady was reading a letter, standing near a table laid with a double coffee pot and a cup. The table, the closed door behind her, and the open door in front of her in the grey room. In 1900, winter dust-filled light was shining diagonally down into the empty room through the window, a pattern of light and shade falling on the wooden floor. The bare paneled walls, without any furnishing or decorations, are in the room. In 1901, the young lady was playing a piano, Butter and two plates were on the white clothed table.
In 2019, the young lady was no longer reading a letter, standing beside the table, no dust-filled light shone down into the room; Neither piano melody, nor plates and butter. There was only a white horse standing by the window, telling me a pervasive quietness and mysterious emptiness.
短編アンソロジーのシリーズ「A Song from the Laundry Room」7作目のストーリーのタイトルは「A White Horse by the Window」です。
これは、コペンハーゲン、ストランドガデ30番地にある最も古いタウンハウスの一つの窓に白い馬にまつわる物語です。
1889年、若い婦人は手紙を読みながら、二つに重なったコーヒーポットと一つのコーヒーカップの置かれたテーブルのそばに立っていました。薄暗いグレーの部屋の中で、テーブル、彼女の背後には閉じられたドア、そして彼女の前には開かれたドアがありました。1900年、静かな部屋には埃をまとった冬の光が窓から斜めに差し込み、床に柔らかな光と影で模様を落としていました。むき出しの羽目板の壁、部屋には家具も装飾もありませんでした。1901年、若い婦人はピアノを弾いていました。白いテーブルクロスがかけられたテーブルの上には、ただバターと二枚の皿が置かれていました。
2019年、若い婦人はもうテーブルのそばで手紙を読んではいませんでした。夏だったせいなのか埃をまとった光は部屋に差し込んでいませんでした。もちろんピアノの音色も、テーブルの上には、白いテーブルクロスも、バターと二枚の皿もありません。ただ窓辺に立つ白い馬だけが、辺り一面に広がる静寂と神秘的な空虚さを私に告げてくれました。
Photobook 'A White Horse by the Window'
”A song from the laundry room” #7
A White Horse by the Window, 2025
18.2 x 20 cm
20 pages
5 color plates
Softcover
Edition 50 + 2 A.P
Photo taken in 2019
Printed in Kyoto, Japan
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A song from the laundry room
“A song from the laundry room” is my latest anthology short story series which seems it doesn’t make any sense for someone else. However, I personally have it as a small treasure of my life.
The title of the series “A song from the laundry room” is named after the sentence from Brazilian author Clarice Lispector’s novel.
Story #1 A memory is something you have or something you have lost, published in Nov 2022
Story #2 The scene on the wall, published in May 2023
Story #3 The elderly couple, some boats, waiting for sun comes out, published in October 2023
Story #4 Ode to Autumn, published in October 2023
Story #5 Rites of Winter, published in February 2025
Story #6 Every cloud has a silver lining, published in May 2025
Story #7 A White Horse by the Window, published in October 2025