In the Country of Men

Nine-year-old Suleiman is just awakening to the wider world beyond the games on the hot pavement outside his home and beyond the loving embrace of his parents. He becomes the man of the house when his father goes away on business, but then he sees his father, standing in the market square in a pair of dark glasses. Suddenly the wider world becomes a frightening place where parents lie and questions go unanswered. Suleiman turns to his mother, who, under the cover of night, entrusts him with the ...

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Hell-Puppy10 декабря 2016 г.
Perhaps the world is fair and balanced after all; no one gains and no one loses or no one gains and everyone loses equally.
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Hell-Puppy10 декабря 2016 г.
Nationalism is as thin as a thread, perhaps that's why many feel it must be anxiously guarded
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Hell-Puppy10 декабря 2016 г.
Grief loves the hollow; all it wants is to hear its own echo.
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