Part 1: The Hermits - by Anna Gát ✨ - Inter-Era
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By Anna Gát
Look at what a man has to lose, and you’ll know everything about him. Or what he thinks he has to lose... Our fears unfurl possessively. There’s so much power to burst out right after losing anything, you feel invincible. I was in New York City, in that thick air that seemed to be moving, in a heatwave that’s too much for someone like me. My European toes froze in the climatised cubes that I’d inhabit, the Airbnbs of dubious cleanliness, friends’ apartments. There was someone else there too, much to see with him, not much to talk about, so I’d dash into fridge-like bookshops, in…
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