That was in May. Spring has now been undergone. The tulips have had their moment and are done, shedding their…
A group of people is coming towards us. They’re tourists, from Japan it looks like, a trade delegation perhaps, on…
We slept in what had once been the gymnasium. The floor was of varnished wood, with stripes and circles painted…
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Both the novel and the American society correspond to the beginning of a modern era. America is a direct consequence…