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Here, at the shore of the Caribbean, the crab removes his eyes, casts them to the sea, and sings for them to return. And they do. He watches as they—he—find home again, gliding through the water, flying into the air, landing, balanced on their gangly stems.
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Steeves, H.P. (2005). Lost Dog, or, Levinas Faces the Animal. In: Figuring Animals: Essays on Animal Images in Art, Literature, Philosophy and Popular Culture. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-09411-7_2
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