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Misspelled Paul (should be) Dobraszczyk.

Finished:
Chapter 2: No Man's Land: The Buffer Zone, Cyprus
Includes Famagusta (Gazimağusa Turkish) on Cyprus, modern and ancient citites; Paul Debreczeny, scholar; The City & the City by China Miéville.

Starting:
Chapter 3: Old Fields: Harju, Estonia

Finished:
Chapter 1: The Waste Land: The Five Sisters, West Lothian, Scotland

Very poetic and "heady." The author is very knowledgable and educated. A bit intense to read, thoughtful, and intelligent. I am having a little trouble understanding some terms, probably because she's Scottish and they might be local terms.

Starting:
Chapter 2: No Man's Land: The Buffer Zone, Cyprus

Finished:
Invocation: Forth Islands, Scotland

Starting:
Part One: In Absentia
Chapter 1: The Waste Land: The Five Sisters, West Lothian, Scotland