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... story : it is all right to listen to but not to tell stories about that sea , because you and the truth of a true lie were thrown sometime way back into a curious contiguity and as long as you are passive you can re- main aware of the ...
... story : it is all right to listen to but not to tell stories about that sea , because you and the truth of a true lie were thrown sometime way back into a curious contiguity and as long as you are passive you can re- main aware of the ...
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... story grows , in retrospect , as an aesthetic source and a preface for the novels that follow . In contrast to their ... stories , united by the theme of the title . Callisto , who is obsessed with the fact that the temperature has ...
... story grows , in retrospect , as an aesthetic source and a preface for the novels that follow . In contrast to their ... stories , united by the theme of the title . Callisto , who is obsessed with the fact that the temperature has ...
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... stories before V. that established his preoc- cupation with life as tedious preparation for death . These and his ... story also introduces the pig as an ancient symbol of death transfigured . " Low - lands " intro- duces Pig Bodine ...
... stories before V. that established his preoc- cupation with life as tedious preparation for death . These and his ... story also introduces the pig as an ancient symbol of death transfigured . " Low - lands " intro- duces Pig Bodine ...
Contents
Baedeker Land | 65 |
Death Transfigured | 135 |
In Which Various Things Come Together | 187 |
Copyright | |
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