“All young people believed they were immortal, and he had personal experience of the methods they used to cull themselves - base-jumping, sky-diving, hard drugs, alcohol. Over the years he'd come to see solid sense in the ways so-called savage peoples formalised their rituals of manhood; without such regulation, young men seemed compelled to invent their own, even more lethal, rites of passage.”
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The Element -inth in Greek
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Alison Fell
Born in 1944, Alison Fell is a talented poet whose works are renowned for their profound emotions and unique style. She has won numerous literary awards and her poetry has been translated into multiple languages, enjoying worldwide popularity. more
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