What Effect the Sachet Had

16/08/2021 19 min Episodio 21081
What Effect the Sachet Had

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Episode Synopsis

"I'm dreaming, was my first thought. My body had risen weightless into the air, helped by the movements I'd made, like swimming; the cold night air blew chill on my cheeks and ruffled my hair." Is it a story about poverty and brutality, or about magic and wonder? Wartime Athens gets a unique treatment in this excellent translation from Greek.

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