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  • Am Boden

    Am Boden

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    A story about eternity. « A fully glued-on carpet is an uncompromising rejection of the future, a denial of death. »

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  • Animal game

    Animal game

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    A story about family. « ‘A woman of few words,’ he smiled. ‘How refreshing.’ »

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  • Borrowed time is borrowed money

    Borrowed time is borrowed money

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    « We’re borrowing money from Germany, and nothing with ‘borrowed’ in the name sells. »〖  Found in translation  〗

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  • The Van Leer headquarters is not a fish tank

    The Van Leer headquarters is not a fish tank

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    « The office of the future » is all well and good, but what can be learned from the offices of the past that have sustained? Like: The Van Leer Headquarters in Aalsmeer.

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