Passage'Passage' is the life story of a 500-year-old man and at the same time a history of the New World. The story is told by a hero in the first person during the course of five nights. His narrative takes the form of a confession to a Franciscan friar, who finds a box with the mummified old man deposited on his doorstep in New York. |
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Page 71
... already more gaps in the Quipu of the Ghosts than the knots they surrounded . The quipu disintegrated of its own accord . Apart from the many terms for which Xiahuanaco could find no equiv- alent in the Inca language , there was a more ...
... already more gaps in the Quipu of the Ghosts than the knots they surrounded . The quipu disintegrated of its own accord . Apart from the many terms for which Xiahuanaco could find no equiv- alent in the Inca language , there was a more ...
Page 95
... already knew something about Indians . She was famil- iar with their customs and beliefs and possessed a smattering of Tupi- Guarani words , with which she sprinkled her conversation . She listened patiently to stories about tapir hunts ...
... already knew something about Indians . She was famil- iar with their customs and beliefs and possessed a smattering of Tupi- Guarani words , with which she sprinkled her conversation . She listened patiently to stories about tapir hunts ...
Page 366
... already firing as he turned , turning he already fell , pitched onto the long banqueting table , his hands in pies and cream cakes , his heels slipping , skedaddling five , ten , fifteen 366 The fifth night : The Neon Rainbow.
... already firing as he turned , turning he already fell , pitched onto the long banqueting table , his hands in pies and cream cakes , his heels slipping , skedaddling five , ten , fifteen 366 The fifth night : The Neon Rainbow.
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