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Set in Austria, the narrator makes the acquaintance of a Persian woman, the companion of a Swiss intent on settling in an abandoned run down house.
As the two get to know each other the doctor feels improvement in his own mental state, at the same time he relates what is happening to the Persian woman. The title is the answer to the question which the doctor asks the woman.
As the two get to know each other the doctor feels improvement in his own mental state, at the same time he relates what is happening to the Persian woman. The title is the answer to the question which the doctor asks the woman.

Nov 15, 2009
Tiffany
marked it as to-read_later

Sep 07, 2010
Andrea
marked it as to-read