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The Slaughterhouse is Quiet

The Slaughterhouse is Quiet

Published Jul 19, 2023 Updated Jul 19, 2023 Culture
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The Slaughterhouse is Quiet

Author: Kiss Tibor Noé
Translator: Austin Wagner
May 2023

One hill after another. Back home it’s all flat, level, I had trouble adjusting to this landscape. The houses bend together with the road, clinging to the steep hillsides. Small yards, narrow porches, unkempt expanse of forest. At home the spaciousness is compressed, here everything is narrow, yet free. Modest whitewashed chapel with arbor and rose bushes. Rounded domes of water towers. Solar farm on the village edge. On the hillside a western movie set, dried out shrubs, rock formations, watering holes, dust clouds coating the hard-packed earth. Grey cattle bask in the sun. A rise above the creek, lumberyard on the left, access road leading to the slaughterhouse on the right. Two rows of poplars on either side. Sharp bends in the

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