Arnon Grunberg

Elevator

Life

Pension Roma, Cairo. The elevator reminded of old French movies. Dinner in Eish + Malh. The Egyptian publisher was charming, helpful and rather silent. The outlook from Cairo in short: "The future is bleak but life goes on."
Before we went home I asked: "Do I need a coat tomorrow during the day?"
"We need a coat below 25 degrees Celsius, but you may have different needs," he answered.

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