β Scribed by Andrew Sean Greer
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
A bargain with the gods throws two men together in a timeless short story of adventure and unrequited love inspired by The Odyssey by Andrew Sean Greer, the Pulitzer Prizeβwinning author of Less . A man in exile, banished to a planet far from home and cursed with immortality, discovers that a ship has crash-landed near his settlement. After two hundred years, his heartβs desire has come true. A visitor has finally arrived on his lonely little speck in the stars. Heβll have companionship again. Someone he could love forever. As the weary traveler heals, the two men form a tender bond. But all theyβve come to share may not be enough to curb the visitorβs irrepressible wanderlust. Now the exile, who thought nothing in his endless life would ever change, must make a decision that will change everything.
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