This reminds me that there is reference to "Armilla" also in Kundera's "Unbearable Lightness of Being": Even though the sewer pipelines reach far into our house

This reminds me that there is reference to "Armilla" also in Kundera's "Unbearable Lightness of Being": Even though the sewer pipelines reach far into our houses with their tentacles, they are carefully hidden from view, and we are happily ignorant of the invisible Venice of shit underlying our bathrooms, bedrooms, dance halls, and parliaments.