The memories around us

1 · François Chollet · Dec. 30, 2018, 11:57 a.m.
December 2018. An empty field somewhere in France. The nearest house is one kilometer away. It’s freezing cold. What am I doing here?Every place has a memory. Perhaps dreams. This one has nightmares. Nearly a hundred people were massacred right on this spot.I am possibly the very last person to know that it happened.This is a story that begins in 1859…Wait, no. It begins during the fall of the Roman empire. But let’s make a first stop in 1859.In 1859, this field had a name. In English, it would ...