This story is hard to follow and explain. It's about a man Named Kuranes who's a sailor in London who dreams about a city named Celephais. This city shares a name with the God who guards the city. Kuranes is a bit on the eccentric side, he believes the only way to get to Celephais and not be attacked by the monster is to achieve perpetual youth. There is a second reason why he needs to achieve perpetual youth and that is the journey to get to Celephais takes a lifetime, therefore one would need to be immortal to get there. To do so he spends all his money on sleeping drugs one day a group of knights take him away to Celephais, though it's assumed it's just him dying because he's poor and drugged off of the sleeping pills, Celephais being Kuranes search for happiness and death being the answer.
Memorable Line: "In a dream Kuranes saw the city in the valley, and the sea-coast beyond, and the snowy peak overlooking the sea and the gaily painted galleys that sail out of the harbour toward the distant recame by his name of Kuranes, for when awake he was called by different millions of London , so there were not many to speak to him and remind him who he had been." (pg.1)
Writing Style : The beginning story's writing style reminds me of Pans Labyrinth when the main character makes an imaginary world to escape the war, both characters wake up to a new world of being royalty when just before they die.
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