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Back in Vienna again, on my way home from a visit to the outer districts of the city, I was unexpectedly caught in a heavy shower of rain that sent people running from its wet whiplash to take refuge…
Contributor:
Stefan Zweig
Places:
Vienna, First Austrian Republic (Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1929
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Manhattan, a high narrow kingdom as hopeful as any that ever was, burst upon him full force, a great and imperfect steel-tressed palace of a hundred million chambers, many-tiered gardens, pools…
Contributor:
Mark Helprin
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1983
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…He heard a thud in the living room, heard a thud, and couldn’t identify it: “Are you all right?” he called.
“I was just being careless,” M called back. “I’m all right.”
“You fell. Poor kid. What’d…
Contributor:
Henry Roth
Places:
Albuquerque, United States of America
Date:
1994