دانلود رمان انگلیسی “بابل” – یک دختر در سفری از کلمات آغاز می‌شود – جلد 1

It had started with a hole. A hole that, for no logical reason, opened right in front of her. After appearing from nowhere, it quite resembled a nonreflective, full-length mirror. There had been nobody else around. No other humans could’ve taken her place. Whenever she thought back on it, she found herself helpless to do anything but scratch her head in confusion. Why in the world had that wormhole linking two worlds chosen her of all people? “It’s so hot…” Blistering sunlight poured down from above. Shizuku Minase lugged her heavy, black bag back onto her shoulder. It lurched to one side, pulling her along. It was the first day of summer vacation. Much to Shizuku’s contempt, it was exceedingly hot, and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky. The temperature rose year over year. Soon enough, just taking a stroll outside would be akin to burning. The first-year university student trudged along the scorching hot sidewalk. “This weighs a ton…” No sooner did Shizuku say the words than she frowned. What if speaking the thought aloud made her bag feel even heavier? She tried telling the bag that it was light instead, hoping to make it so. In addition to her two dictionaries, her bag also contained several other bulky books. As if her own possessions weren’t weighty enough, she’d borrowed some materials from the study room to help with her summer vacation report. The English-Japanese dictionary and German-Japanese dictionary that she carried with her everywhere certainly weren’t helping the problem, but they were necessities. When she happened to look up, Shizuku saw the straight road had become distorted by heat haze. The shimmering in the distance caught her attention. Shizuku wiped the sweat from her forehead. It was when she brought her hand back down again that she noticed it.