Chapter 28For the next week or so, Talya worked on the Kankoon application at Hassan’s office. They didn’t mention anything about this friendship that they had settled upon one another. Truth be told, Talya was glad of it; she had enough in mind without having to worry about a relationship for the time being. She postponed her trip to Dakar to the following Sunday, as Hassan suggested. They translated forms, deposited forms and filed even more forms.
In every country, there is an administrative body, which is created for the sole purpose of issuing, sorting, classifying and stamping forms. What am I saying? There must be dozens of these offices and ‘bureaux’ in each of the numerous government departments, which serve that purpose—in triplicate eventually.
Throughout this enforced admini
