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Tidhar Lavie

Книга "Osama"

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  1. OSAMA By Lavie Tidhar ...
    1. OSAMA By Lavie Tidhar ...
    2. For Elizabeth, who was there ...
    3. Always start with a big explosion - Mike Longshott ...
    4. PROLOGUE —a fake Yemeni passport— The Hilltop Hotel stands...
    5. PART ONE THE SECRET WAR ...
    6. puddles of light  —— In the summer the sunlight falls down...
    7. a scattering cloud of geckos —— As he walked along the wid...
    8. contour of a woman through the rain —— The rain fell down ...
    9. — second bomb — The second bomb exploded four hundred and fifteen miles away, in...
    10. an otherworldly map,  like the surface of the moon ...
    11. a man reading a newspaper, standing up —— ...
    12. a yellow-white coat of paint —— He decided not to go to th...
    13. caravana de la muerte —— On the eleventh of September, nin...
    14. the imprisoned singing  of live frogs —— ...
    15. IN TRANSIT a cold and waterless sea —— He always fel...
    16. — black hiking shoes — The man was part Jamaican and part Englis...
    17. an emptiness of sound —— Joe put down the book and drank h...
    18. PART TWO DEAD LETTER BOX ...
    19. everywhere’s a good place  for a drink —— ...
    20. a warm, safe place —— They sat in companionable peace on t...
    21. — hollow cells in a honey bee hive — Algiers, the white city, Al...
    22. one of us ——— That evening Joe sat alone in a darkened cin...
    23. being a detective ——— Finding the fat man had not been eas...
    24. everybody comes  from somewhere —— H...
    25. into Monceau —— The next morning he was stationed at the p...
    26. fabriques —— It was a small green place, a little self-con...
    27. cheap suits and  American voices —— ...
    28. the fat man —— The bartender’s description, Joe thought, h...
    29. dead-end —— Back in the Montmarte hotel, Joe washed, the w...
    30. IN TRANSIT missed connections —— The train chug-chug...
    31. red flowers, blossoming —— When he awoke it was to get on ...
    32. PART THREE FUZZY-WUZZIES ...
    33. the angel of Christian charity —— There were tourists mill...
    34. Romeo and Juliets —— … And somewhere it was always just pa...
    35. voices at a funeral —— There were two shots. The air was a...
    36. forget the detective —— Death defying acts. He was awake, ...
    37. bruisers and cruisers —— The next day he decided to watch ...
    38. convict’s last —— He walked back to the Red Lion. It was s...
    39. — we are at war and I am a soldier — At 07:21, four men entered ...
    40. hobbies for the dead men —— Joe looked up from the book an...
    41. — the reality of this situation — The four men separated at King...
    42. a trail of graffiti —— His head hurt – a blackness behind ...
    43. the angel of St. Giles —— The interior of the pub was dark...
    44. the one clear thread —— London was full of angels, it seem...
    45. IN STATIS men like clouds —— Early morning. The room...
    46. a short history of dreams —— When he woke up again it was ...
    47. PART FOUR IN CASABLANCA ...
    48. the secret inscriptions  on the mind —— ...
    49. the body in the library —— He knocked hard on the door, bu...
    50. an explorer in a silent film —— When he approached again t...
    51. loss hovering  between the dust motes —— ...
    52. a hill of beans —— Something was wrong. He knew it, felt i...
    53. cuckoo-bird mother —— ‘More coffee?’ the proprietor asked....
    54. knives, corpses, vases and gods —— There was a man selling...
    55. — litter in the desert — It had been the site of wars for millen...
    56. Mo’s last case —— There was a little bit of fine yellow sa...
    57. lost again —— He walked aimlessly through the London stree...
    58. another better world —— Half an hour later he was sitting ...
    59. London after midnight —— ‘Is that the film...
    60. no place like home —— He was standing on Piccadilly Circus...
    61. the man in the beaver hat —— His tongue was thick and unre...
    62. forget Chinatown —— He knew the way now. He retrac...
    63. hell is an abandoned station —— Walking down stone stairs ...
    64. the colour of a bruise,  blue against black ...
    65. refugees —— A grille in the door slid back. Eyes regarded ...
    66. over the rainbow —— A fine haze, a mist fell down on the s...
    67. assault on 22 Frith street —— He had to know, and ...
    68. a sheet of paper, folded  accordion-fashion ...
    69. IN TRANSIT  the letter from America —— Morni...
    70. but soon —— They were looking out for him but Joe wasn’t t...
    71. — a second invasion — Baghdad had burned before. On Februa...
    72. closing doors —— He didn’t want to think about death. Outs...
    73. PART FIVE ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK ...
    74. nothing to declare —— New York was a silent field of light...
    75. artificial day —— Lights and people and too-tall buildings...
    76. towers reaching for the sky —— ‘I’d like a room.’ A ...
    77. in the pages of a book —— There were two people, a man and...
    78. what ifs —— Operation Northwoods did not, officially, exis...
    79. Osamaverse —— Joe didn’t know what would be helpful or not...
    80. I heart Osama —— He walked down the corridor and the floor...
    81. dark Arabica —— The darkness tasted like dark Arabica. The...
    82. clear and present danger —— Light hurt his eyes. The room ...
    83. cell —— Time did not exist here. Twice a day a grille woul...
    84. doors in films —— Always, they were asking him questions. ...
    85. yellow-sun brightness —— In his cell, the prisoner prepare...
    86. IN TRANSIT ghost stories —— There was a bluejay outs...
    87. PART SIX ENDGAME ...
    88. postcards —— He came to in a quiet street and was violentl...
    89. fading —— There were houses on the hill above the river an...
    90. strands —— He shook his head, trying to clear it. The dron...
    91. time —— Light fell softly through the window on the worn A...
    92. afternoon dreams —— After a moment he laughed, though with...
    93. black dust … in the White Mountains. In Pashto its name meant Th...
    94. Longshott —— Joe jumped. The sound was unexpected, loud in the silence. He...
    95. the luxury of waiting —— They sat facing each other on the...
    96. waxing moon —— The was – there had been – a woman. He was ...
    97. waning —— ‘You might not credit it,’ Longshott said, ‘but ...
    98. folly —— He knew she would be there, even before she appea...
    99. Joe —— ‘You love black and white movies and detective nove...
    100. EPILOGUE puddles of rain —— In the rainy season the ...
    101. OSAMA Copyright © 2011 Lavie Tidhar The rights of Lavie Tidhar to be identifie...
    102. Contents PROLOGUE PART ONE PART TWO PART THREE ...