Articles tagged " Cities"

What’s New? (Mag: Articles)

By Dunya Mikhail | September 1, 2004

I saw a ghost pass in the mirror Someone whispered something in my ear I said a word, and left. Graves scattered with the mandrake seeds. A bleating sound entered the assembly. Gardens remained hanging.…...

Translated from Arabic by Elizabeth Ann Winslow

The Chaldean Ruins (Mag: Articles)

By Bud P. | September 1, 2004

Ascetic he emerges from its belly to the grave. His days are not entered on the calendar and he does not gather the things that are scattered. Earthquakes do not shake him nor wink at death without him.…...

from The Asylum Seeker (Mag: Articles)

By Arnon Grunberg | September 1, 2004

One evening, after weeks of something like forty jars of vitamins and dozens of liters of strawberry juice, the Bird asks: "Would you mind if I got married?" In that marrying, Beck sees his enemy's…...

Translated from Dutch by Sam Garrett

Timid as a Mouse (Mag: Articles)

By Yu Hua | May 1, 2004

1 There's an expression that describes me: timid as a mouse. That's what my teacher said, back when I was in primary school. It was one autumn, I remember, in Chinese class. Our teacher stood on…...

Translated from Chinese by Allan H. Barr

Groans (Mag: Articles)

By Faraj Bayraqdar | January 1, 2004

1 Here I am you alone In this mad, gaping Hell Here I am you alone and death altogether With its predators and its seers and the informers Perhaps I am arriving at The limit of my possibilities For you…...

Translated from Arabic by Shareah Taleghani

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