Ioseb

‘Ioseb holds his breath. He can hear his own heartbeat, tolling in his ears like the bells of Judgement Day, with a force that shakes his whole body.’ Fiction by Pirkko Saisio, translated by Aleksi Koponen. The post Ioseb appeared first on Granta.

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