Status Updates From To See and See Again: A Lif...

“This was the River I had walked along as a child, the river Baba had fished in, the river that Agha Jan’s first wife had crossed in the Qajar-jeweled horse that arrived her over the hill to her new life…. For those who stayed [by the river] life retained a continuity that cannot be found anywhere else”

“We pass an arch that leads nowhere; a crumbling brick fort with a missing tower; the top of a hut sticking out of the ground- a hundred pasts broken down by the wind and sun”

Note to self: Do not read completely interesting, wholly engrossing books during the latter half of your lunch break lest you forget to hit the time clock on your way back to the reference desk. Ooof!! That happened. Very good so far.

My inter-library loan arrived! :)