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Dany Laferrière: The Stationary Traveler

To Christophe Charles, in memory of our 400 literary exploits when we were starting out.

Dany Laferrière: The Stationary Traveler

Les écrivains Ananda Devi, Dany Laferrière, Gisèle Pineau et Sami Tchak en 2003 à Bamako

It is difficult to travel with the idea that one will have to tell someone else what one has experienced, and the best way to know a country is still to go there. Throughout the stay, all our senses remain on the lookout for a tasty anecdote, and we waste our time noting every exotic detail, when what really matters are the moments when nothing happens. Like that terribly hot afternoon spent quietly in one’s room taking a nap while listening to the distant murmur of a public market. Yet as soon as we set foot in a new country, our brain begi

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