Then there were the places whose names he liked: the Somali Current, the Big Hatchet Mountains, the Malacca Strait, and a long list of others. The sheets of paper with words and phrases and places eventually covered the walls of his room.

• 还有就是一些他喜欢的地名:索马里河流、大哈契山、马六甲海峡以及一长串其他的地名，终于他的房间四壁都贴满了写着字、词句和地名的纸张。