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A bad taste in the mouth

19 August 2017

9:00 AM

19 August 2017

9:00 AM

Here is the opening sentence of Karl Ove Knausgaard’s meditation on beds.:

With its four legs and its flat, soft surface, the bed gently accommodates one of our most basic needs: it is good to lie down in bed, and it is good to sleep in them through the night.

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