Stories tagged “travels”
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Without Walls
It was in the thirteenth year of my travels that I came to Oulipo. From afar, one cannot imagine it is a city for there are no structures to define it. The steppes on which Oulipo is settled are so vast the Earth falls away at the extremes of vision, c...
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Under Cover
After three days’ journey east, I came to the low gate of Dystosia. The city has bloomed in the desert for many years, growing in rings that spread from a wide and rich oasis flowing with sweet water that nourishes fragrant dates and other wonder...
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Everyplace
In my travels I came to the city of Güzel Kitaplar. Every home a library, every library a home. “What manner of place is this?” I asked. “This place is everyplace,” the people said. And it was. In their books were minarets and ...