Among Muslims: Meetings at the Frontiers of Pakistan by Kathleen Jamie

Author:Kathleen Jamie [Kathleen Jamie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780953522774
Google: Vyh0QgAACAAJ
Publisher: Sort Of Books
Published: 2002-11-15T23:23:46.269970+00:00

Later, I lay beside the others, in a sleeping bag, in the schoolyard-cum-camp site, far too tired to sleep. In my mind, the stars, which were shining brightly, got confused with the schoolyard where I lay. I thought of the stars as children, tumbling out into the playground. I tried to think of new names for the old constellations: the smoothing iron; the Volvo. Still sleep would not come, but instead two village dogs. I pulled an ice axe close.

I must have dozed, because in the dead of the dark night, when the village turned in on itself and coughed, someone was abroad. He had a strong torch and was shining it full in my face. It penetrated my sleep, and I swam back to consciousness alarmed and ready to yell – what the hell was going on, who was shining that thing in my eyes? But I woke to realise I was challenging the moon.

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