The Plains by Federico Falco #foliosociety Carmen is at a loose

Carmen is at a loose end

Drawing on the work of philosophers and political dissidents

This is a book for anyone who’s interested in our (possible) neighbours in the universe

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The Plains by Federico Falco #foliosociety Carmen is at a looseAfter a loss, a year in the country: four seasons to transform a garden and a self. 'In the city the notion of the hours of the day, of the passage of time, is lost. In the countryside that is impossible,' our narrator tells us. In this remote house and garden, time is almost palpable; it goes by without haste and brings into sharp relief even the tiniest details: insects, the sound of the rain, a falling leaf, the smell of damp earth. Past and