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Reminds me of the delightfully strange short story by the Argentinian writer Julio Cortázar:

‘Axolotl’ is narrated by a lonely man who regularly visits the local zoo, where he becomes fascinated by the axolotls in the aquarium. In time, he states that he, too, is an axolotl, and feels he has become one of them.

https://ambystoma.uky.edu/teachers_materials/axolitbook/Axol...



+1 really enjoyed the whole collection of short stories from Cortazar when I read it at uni.

https://www.amazon.com/Bestiary-Selected-Stories-Julio-Cort%...


love the story! i took a stab at translating it: https://pscoleman.me/blog/axolotl


Curiosity about the works of man >> curiosity about the "works" of "God"/"Nature"??? Ironic that this masterpiece is about an extreme form of the latter XD




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