April auf dem Lande by Cees Nooteboom

    It was summer and winter. The water by the river, how it rose. Mist between the hills. In the valley the expensive villas, shuttered, white and pink. Fox and owl hidden out of sight, a work day for herons and mice. And the man who loved women lonely, not thinking about the birds. […]

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