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Today a woman went mad in the supermarket – Hilma Wolitzer.
“That’s that,” I said, never believing it for a moment. Continue reading
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A Sunday in Ville-d’Avray – Dominique Barberis
What hopes, what expectations remained to her? What could still happen? Would the passing hours simply ‘wound’ her, one by one? Continue reading
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Hurricane Season – Fernanda Melchor
See there? See that light shining in the distance? The little light that looks like a star? That’s where you’re headed, he told them, that’s the way out of this hole. Continue reading
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Secrets of Happiness – Joan Silber
The world, with all its wild shifts and flaring upheavels, was not a changeable planet to her. Continue reading
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Nostalgia Has Ruined My Life – Zarah Butcher-McGunnigle
Summer is over and I didn’t have fun. Continue reading
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The Parchinko Parlour – Elisa Shua Dusapin
When I finally ask her why she’s so quiet she says it’s because the holidays are almost over. Continue reading
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After The Funeral – Tessa Hadley
But at any rate the story of my life was set down, its themes were established, and I was living in the coda. Continue reading
