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Mancunia is both a real and an unreal city

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feel like symptoms of language’s attempt

What Rain Taught Us by Gail Ashton Ira Lightman ‘Like a bird picking overWhat rain taught us follows a mind fracturing into a subjective landscape of association, eflection and invention, where words, images, and conflicting voices tumble and echo almost to the point of destruction. But, gradually, islands of stability form Intimate, disturbing and touching, this collection offers an insight into mental illness as heartbreaking as Unica Zurns The Man of Jasmine or Leonora Carringtons Down Below, and combines writing that