“ambulations of a man moving atop a wooden orb cannot be too spry, but Philip is brave and were it not for a slight limp and the clatter of his prosthesis down the bone-dry way, it would be difficult to realize that this man is missing one leg. The slower tempo also means there’s time to talk. A crisp morning, the streets are lively, sunrise, the sun’s disk scraped up by slender poplars—it’s a pleasant walk. Halfway there they manage to stop a cart carrying vegetables to the Leiden market, thanks to which they have more time for a real breakfast at the Emperor’s”
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Olga Tokarczuk,
Flights
