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Monday, August 27, 2007

The benevolent canopy

"The wooded paths…the layers of leaf mould, the sunlight spraying through the branches…Here one can lie in the spring and autumn, and also in summer, when…the cooling canopy of leaves blunts the virulence of the heat."
- Vikram Seth in From Heaven Lake
Posted by The Wallcreeper at 11:17 pm

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