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The bus is bumping toward the station. There are few people waiting at the stops, so early in the morning. The bus moves fast—is the driver trying to…
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Sergei Dovlatov (1941-1990) found himself persecuted by the authorities in the USSR. His writing was banned. He had been actively circulating his…
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Albert Camus's 1947 novel The Plague is set in the French-Algerian city of Oran, where thousands of rats are suddenly found dead in the streets. At…
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If I were to ask you, "How is your life going?" chances are that, as you try to formulate an answer, you soon come to think of other people in an…
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True to style, Thomas Bernhard's 156-page novel Old Masters: A Comedy consists of a single paragraph. As with most of Bernhard's works, the plot is…
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Few of us are spared the experience of losing someone we love. When it happens, when someone we love dies, the loss echoes around and resounds within…
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Dostoevsky is best known for his sweeping novels, but he was also a master of the short form. He wrote a number of shorter works—including stories and…
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