10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World

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UK Viking (Ed. Venetia Butterfield)
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Jun 2019

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'In the first minute following her death, Leila's consciousness began to ebb, slowly and steadily, like
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For Leila, each minute after her death brings a sensuous memory: the taste of spiced goat stew,
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sacrificed by her father to celebrate the long-awaited birth of a son; the sight of bubbling vats of
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lemon and sugar which the women use to wax their legs while the men attend mosque; the scent of
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memory, too, recalls the friends she made at each key moment in her life - friends who are now Greek Psichogios Publ Co
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