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What does a river like the vistula carry away with it? everything that goes to pieces: wood, glass, pencils, pacts ... chairs, bones, and sunsets too. what had long been forgotten rose to memory, floating on its back or stomach, with the help of the vistula.
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What Does A River Like The Vistula

Gunter Grass
What does a river like the vistula carry away with it? everything that goes to pieces: wood, glass, pencils, pacts ... chairs, bones, and sunsets too. what had long been forgotten rose to memory, floating on its back or stomach, with the help of the vistula.
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