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The Old Man and the Seasickness

He had tried every remedy in Pilar’s extensive travel first-aid kit. First came the motion sickness pills, which promised zero drowsiness but immediately left Braulio feeling like a tranquillised sloth. Then came the wristbands, which pressed small plastic beads into his pressure points so hard his hands turned an alarming shade of purple. Finally, Pilar had stuck a small scopolamine…

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Former diplomat and globetrotter, Dan Costinas is a versatile contemporary writer, translator, and editor. A true polyglot, he has authored and contributed to several dozen books spanning mainly fiction, essays, aphorisms, reviews and criticism, journalism, and poetry.

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Books of Our Continent

From the quiet shelves of forty-four national archives and ancient university libraries to the cosy corners of independent bookstores and modest home…

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