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Laura van den Berg

I Hold a Wolf by the Ears

Laura van den Berg
I Hold a Wolf by the Ears

Margot’s destination is a walled medieval village several thousand feet above Trapani, overlooking Punta del Saraceno and the Mediterranean Sea. The village can be accessed only by a single road and as the taxi winds its way up through the arid copper hills, her phone chimes in her purse. It’s her sister, Louise, calling from the airport in Rome. “I’m not coming,” she says, her voice dwarfed by the echo of gate announcements. Louise is scheduled to attend a conference at the village’s … [Read more...] about I Hold a Wolf by the Ears

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