inhabitation

The journey took hours of driving up narrow, bumpy roads, in an area where there are few signs of inhabitation apart from a handful of farmers and shepherds.

Her first novel, “The Long Form,” begins with Helen and her newborn, Rose, on a play mat, which has already “changed the whole inhabitation of the room,” turning it into a “patched field.”

The work is startling, but the performance is less an inhabitation of character than a nonstop loop of perfectly rendered facial tics, trembling hands and compulsive gestures.

It has traces of inhabitation dating back to the Neolithic period, and its towns have the relaxed vibes of a caravan rest stop.

This year, in two months alone, its rental inspection program found 33 units unfit for inhabitation.