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the narrator lays bare the act of writing and imagining

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a hitherto unknown cousin

he improvises: "a city whose very name sounded exotic

The Ring Scottish Literature Series but he is introduced toWhen Quentin's lover announces that she's leaving him for his brother and moving to America, he replies spontaneously that he too is leaving the countrybut going where? When Quentin's lover announces that she's leaving him for his brother and moving to America, he replies spontaneously that he too is leaving the countrybut going where? To Tahas, he improvises: "a city whose very name sounded exotic." Following through on this impulse, Quentin soon