Book III
10 chapters
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I. Moscow arrival, June 2026
The Russian is not yours.
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II. Moscow night, June 2026
The room has three objects in it that are not the bed and the small table and the hot-plate: a kettle, a cup,…
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III. Yaroslavsky, June 2026
10:22. Yaroslavsky Station is a low ochre building with a green cupola and a clock that does not tell the…
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IV. Dining car, Day 2
Dining car. Day 2, 01:34.
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V. Siberian day, June 2026
08:34. The landscape at this hour is a word your grandmother had and you do not have.
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VI. Siberian night, June 2026
The train at 23:40 on Day 3 is quieter than any train you have been on.
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VII. Carriage, June 2026
07:44. You wake with your back to the wall.
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VIII. Eastern approach, June 2026
The landscape on Day 5 is a landscape that has been running out of words for some hours.
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IX. Vladivostok arrival, June 2026
06:14. The train has been slowing for twenty-three minutes.
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X. Harbor, June 2026
The walk from the station down to the harbor is a walk of three-quarters of an hour if you take it slowly,…