Its immediate concerns — the luminous colors in nature, the lazy buzzing of juice-besotted flies, and the far-off sounds of crashing waves — may be simpler than the mechanics or political consequences of international eavesdropping, but, to a city-bound reader dreaming of the bounties of rural life, they seem somehow weightier.
Only the far-off sound of waves, and I had to listen carefully to hear even them.
Warm wind brought the faint smell of hay and, for a few seconds, the far-off sound of cheers from Belmont Park's grandstands.
Hears, far off, the sound of a speedboat engine.
(Far off, the sound of a car engine devoured by land. Far off, a muffled car-door slam).
This may not be as far off as it sounds: Volvo, a car manufacturer, will run a pilot programme of driverless cars in Gothenburg in 2017, in partnership with the transport ministry.
A voice from a police loudspeaker echoes, but from the river it seems safely far off, like the sound on a television set.
"There should be no comfort in the fact that 2004 sounds far off in the distance," Rogge said in a statement.
"There are wastes and wilds, crags of granite, views into far off districts, and the sounds of waters hurrying away over their rocky beds".
Even if the acoustics are good, the music can sound far off, and the audience can feel too separated from the performers.
Virtual currency as a mass consumer product may sound far off.
