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Weltweit leben mehr und mehr Menschen in Ländern, die nicht ihre eigenen sind. Schriftsteller Pico Iyer, der selbst drei oder vier "Ursprünge" hat, denkt nach über die Bedeutung von Zuhause, über die Freude des Reisens und die Ruhe des Stillstehens.
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