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Poetry

28th February 2023

Poetry

1 minute read

János Marno

The Personification of Nothing

translated by Owen Good

28th February 2023

1 minute read

 

 

Nobody.

 

 

written by

János Marno

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Issue 04

Noir

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translated by

Owen Good

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