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It was nothing. Nothing but a muffled, distant noise. If it had not been for the events of the last few weeks, it would have gone unnoticed. Nobody would have dreamed it was a shot.

— Andrée Chedid beginning of La Maison sans racines (1985)

Ce n'était rien. Rien qu'un bruit sourd, lointain. Sans les incidents de ces dernières semaines, il serait passé inaperçu. Personne n'aurait songé à un coup de feu.

Original text (French)

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