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Surroundings
Surroundings is a series of descriptions of places I find myself into. It is a raw translation of what my eyes see looking outward, filtered by my own mind, in the historical period I live in. The purpose of these writings is to provide a testimony of what a place looks like and feels like in a certain moment. It indirectly records what I, Giovanni, notice and pay attention to and feel, in this particular moment of my life.
This series started as a creative writing experiment but naturally introduced various historical elements. I do not claim to be an historian. I gained all my knowledge unconventionally, by hiking to places and listening to others during the years. These documents became my attempts to write down this knowledge to the best of my abilities and memory.
Read the chapters here, or use the map. You can get the pdf book here.
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