Strangers in the Nights: Two NovellasPenguin Books, 1996 - 143 pages |
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Page 35
... mountain stream Cool in our bed of ferns we lie , Lost in our loving , as the world slips by . ' I tried to picture Indu in my arms , the two of us watching the moon come over the mountains . But her face kept dissolving and turning ...
... mountain stream Cool in our bed of ferns we lie , Lost in our loving , as the world slips by . ' I tried to picture Indu in my arms , the two of us watching the moon come over the mountains . But her face kept dissolving and turning ...
Page 83
... mountain path . I walk alone and I am thirsty . The last stream disappeared into the valley ten miles back , and this region seems to be devoid of any kind of moisture . The villages , the terraced fields , have been left behind . The ...
... mountain path . I walk alone and I am thirsty . The last stream disappeared into the valley ten miles back , and this region seems to be devoid of any kind of moisture . The villages , the terraced fields , have been left behind . The ...
Page 96
... mountains , chained to the rocks by day , move abroad at night . ' ' Do they trouble you , then ? ' " They do not ... mountain . I sit down on a goat - skin and watch the recluse making a fire at the entrance to the cave . ' I will ...
... mountains , chained to the rocks by day , move abroad at night . ' ' Do they trouble you , then ? ' " They do not ... mountain . I sit down on a goat - skin and watch the recluse making a fire at the entrance to the cave . ' I will ...
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