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Archive for September 25, 2010

THE WOMAN WITH THE BOUQUET by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

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“Ordinarily, life kills off stories like this: there are mornings when you feel that something is about to begin, something pure and rich and unique, then the telephone rings and it’s all over. Life chops us up and scatters us, leaves us in fragments, refuses the clean brushstroke. What was special about the [...]

September 25, 2010  Tags: Europa, Fairy Tales, Schmitt, Short Stories  Posted in: France, Short Stories, Translated  No Comments

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