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216 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1918
Demba, before he decided to come in, passed by the door three times and every time he sheepishly glanced inside. He seemed to be looking for someone. And the way he entered was very odd as well – he pressed the doorknob not with his hand but with his elbow and then he tried to open the door with his right knee, which he at last managed to do after a few attempts.
“Perhaps in this moment I am being driven by ambulance through the streets, or perhaps I am still lying in the garden under the walnut tree with a broken back and cannot rise, and am seeing the last faces and visions…”