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	Hundi õnn by Paolo Cognetti (Goodreads Author), Paul Raud (Goodreads Author) (Translator), Teele Saul (Editor) 3.69 avg rating — 10,399 ratings — published 2021 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Põlgus by Alberto Moravia, Paul Raud (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.95 avg rating — 5,958 ratings — published 1954 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stabat Mater (Loomingu Raamatukogu, #16-17/2022) by Tiziano Scarpa, Paul Raud (Goodreads Author) (Translator & Afterword), Malle Talvet (Editor) 3.32 avg rating — 1,285 ratings — published 2008 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kellata torn by Paul Raud (Goodreads Author), Madli Lippur (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.22 avg rating — 54 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eesti novell 2025 by Ave Taavet, Mari-Liis Müürsepp (Goodreads Author), Jan Kaus (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 42 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Värske Rõhk (Värske Rõhk, #95) by Iina Gyldén, Solveig Bolliger, Siim Männo 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Baltijas jauno autoru antoloģija “7 grādi pēc celsija” by Ivars Šteinbergs (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Evelīna Andžāne, Helena Aadli 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Nomaadlik mõtlemine ja teisi tekste, 1956–1995 by Gilles Deleuze, Ott Puumeister (Translator), Jüri Lipping (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Flappers and Philosophers: The Collected Short Stories

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“Curiouser and curiouser!”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

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“Lose your face: become capable of loving without remembering, without phantasm and without interpretation, without taking stock. Let there just be fluxes, which sometimes dry up, freeze or overflow, which sometimes combine or diverge.”
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“I write only when inspiration strikes. Fortunately it strikes every morning at nine o'clock sharp.”
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“The pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Parmenides taught that the only things that are real are things which never change... and the pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Heraclitus taught that everything changes. If you superimpose their two views, you get this result: Nothing is real.”
― Philip K. Dick