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The heart of the book is the slow unraveling of the faceless patient's life, educed by morphine and haunted by scenes from Cairo nights when it was necessary "to proceed into the plot of the evening, while the human constellations whirled and skidded around you." That is very much...
Holding candles shaded by paper cups, the protesters marched in circles chanting, "Darkness, darkness, crescent moon, we need to have a contract soon," among other slogans.
Thus there was little panic, not even much interest, as the millennium approached in the final months of 999. For what terrors could the apocalypse hold for a continent that was already shrouded in darkness? Rather Europe -- illiterate, diseased and hungry -- seemed grimly resigned to desperation and impoverishment. It was...
Finally, there was need. The pioneering seafarers knew from trade and returning travelers that in many respects the cultures of Asia were superior to their own. Desperate for the wealth of the East, Europe had little to offer in exchange but the one true faith. Like the Crusaders, the explorers...
Out of the Darkness