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Re: Imaginary borders
Erik Krause 2006-Mar-27 19:42:00
Am Monday, March 27, 2006 um 21:16 schrieb Bj?rn K Nilssen:
> But the point/theme was that in the middle of the Bering Strait
> between Russia and Alaska there are two relatively small islands, Big
> Diomede and Little Diomede island. They are separated by the dateline,
> thus it's possible to stand on one island and look at the other one
> while what you're looking at is in a different date - looking back on
> yesterday, or forward to tomorrow.
There is a book by Umberto Eco about that theme (playing on two
islands in the south sea): "The Island of the Day Before"...
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Erik Krause
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