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Cities - Memory 2 - Isidora

The document describes a man's longing for a city after a long journey through wild regions, ultimately arriving at Isidora, a city filled with unique features and experiences. However, he arrives in his old age, reflecting on how his desires have become memories. The contrast between his youthful dreams and his current reality is emphasized as he observes the younger generation from a distance.

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Cities - Memory 2 - Isidora

The document describes a man's longing for a city after a long journey through wild regions, ultimately arriving at Isidora, a city filled with unique features and experiences. However, he arrives in his old age, reflecting on how his desires have become memories. The contrast between his youthful dreams and his current reality is emphasized as he observes the younger generation from a distance.

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When a man rides a long time through wild regions

he feels the desire for a city. Finally he comes to


Isidora, a city where the buildings have spiral stair-
cases encrusted with spiral seashells, where perfect
telescopes and violins are made, where the foreigner
hesitating between two women always encounters a
third, where cockfights degenerate into bloody
brawls among the bettors. He was thinking of all
these things when he desired a city. Isidora, there-
fore, is the city of his dreams: with one difference.
The dreamed-of city contained him as a young man;
he arrives at Isidora in his old age. In the square
there is the wall where the old men sit and watch the
young go by; he is seated in a row with them. De-
sires are already memories.

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