Aleph

Contents

Cover

Title Page

Dedication

Epigraph

King of My Kingdom

Chinese Bamboo

The Stranger’s Lantern

If a Cold Wind Blows

Sharing Souls

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Hilal’s Eyes

The Ipatiev House

The Aleph

Dreamers Can Never Be Tamed

Like Tears in the Rain

The Chicago of Siberia

The Path to Peace

The Ring of Fire

Believe Even When No One Else Believes in You

Tea Leaves

The Fifth Woman

Ad extirpanda

Neutralising Energy without Moving a Muscle

The Golden Rose

The Eagle of Baikal

Fear of Fear

The City

The Telephone Call

The Soul of Turkey

Moscow, 1 June 2006

Author’s note

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