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213 pages, Paperback
First published September 6, 2015
Walking through the snow on the slope. Breathing in. Walking on the slope through the snow. Breathing out. Walking on the slope, breathing in, walking through the snow, breathing out. Walk, breathe in, walk, breathe out, breathe in. Think about how slipping would be bad, breathe out. Slip, fall, breathe in, breathe out. Think about how bad it is to slip, breathe in. Freeze, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out. Snow in every minuscule crevice in your clothes and in your shoes, breathe in. Snow down the back of your neck, snow on your wrists, snow in your ears and mouth, breathe out. Think, You’ll never be able to get back up, breathe in. Get up. Breathe out, breathe in.
We lie down and we know that, if we wake up tomorrow morning at all, we will wake up early, because it seems appropriate in this situation, abandoned or burnt-down villages, or burnt bodies, dissolving human beings, fog, soot, death. It feels appropriate to get up early when you are fighting for survival. And so we will get up early tomorrow morning as well, but when we’re awake we will once again see that there is precious little we can do to contribute to our own survival. We will see that we are still here. That will be all.