The Other Side of Silence
“The gentle rain – indeed, as Tookwi has foretold, a rain-cow rain that touched the earth with female moisture – has made a difference. Although only a few days have elapsed there is already a hint of green on the veld, and a myriad of flowers have sprung miraculously from the parched soil, in extravagant patches of yellow, orange, white and purple. The once unforgiving landscape appears less intractable. In the evenings there is already the slightest shiver of coolness in the air, and they find... that they draw closer to the fire not just because it keeps predators and scavengers at bay (every night, as soon as the dark closes in, the maniacal cackling of jackals erupts) but because they have come to cherish the warmth.
It is the second night after they have left the mission station and Hanna is sitting in the thin circle of light surrounding the fire, but slightly apart from the rest. They are surrounded by emptiness. There seems to be no living creature left in this land under the sun or the moon.MoreLess
It is the second night after they have left the mission station and Hanna is sitting in the thin circle of light surrounding the fire, but slightly apart from the rest. They are surrounded by emptiness. There seems to be no living creature left in this land under the sun or the moon.MoreLess
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