Trafika Europe 6 - Arabesque

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Ibrahim al-Koni THE SCARECROW (excerpts)

The prophecy was inscribed on soft gazelle-skin parchment wrapped in a piece of faded linen and fastened with straps of colored leather. Her messenger brought it at twilight. He said his mistress refused to accept any fee for this prophecy until the cure was effected.

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