Romesh Gunesekera - In London, I discovered a peculiar building by Holland Park where the globe was ...

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In London, I discovered a peculiar building by Holland Park where the globe was shrunk to fit a British perspective, but which had a library with Sri Lankan books I had never seen before.

Romesh Gunesekera

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Deutsche Übersetzung

In London entdeckte ich bei Holland Park ein eigentümliches Gebäude, in dem der Globus aus britischer Perspektive zusammengeschrumpft war, das aber eine Bibliothek mit srilankischen Büchern hatte, die ich noch nie gesehen hatte.

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