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10-Minutes-38-Seconds-in-This-Strange-World:’In-the-first-minute-following-her-death,-Tequila-Leila’s-consciousness-began-to-ebb,-slowly-and-steadily,-like-a-tide-receding-from-the-shore.-Her-brain-cells,-having-run-out-of-blood,-were-now-completely-deprived-of-oxygen.-But-they-did-not-shut-down.-Not-right-away…’For-Leila,-each-minute-after-her-death-brings-a-sensuous-memory:-the-taste-of-spiced-goat-stew,-sacrificed-by-her-father-to-celebrate-the-long-awaited-birth-of-a-son;-the-sight-of-bubbling-vats-of-lemon-and-sugar-which-the-women-use-to-wax-their-legs-while-the-men-attend-mosque;-the-scent-of-cardamom-coffee-that-Leila-shares-with-a-handsome-student-in-the-brothel-where-she-works.-Each-memory,-too,-recalls-the-friends-she-made-at-each-key-moment-in-her-life—friends-who-are-now-desperately-trying-to-find-her.
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