"Let's spread the greatcoat on the ground"
Soseki, Pasternak, Canetti, Osier
Musō Soseki (1275-1351) (tr. from Japanese by W.S. Merwin):
Boris Pasternak (tr. from Russian by Jon Stallworthy and Peter France):
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Elias Canetti (tr. from German by Peter Filkins):
Jill Osier:
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