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Anthony Marais

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in Hollywood, California, The United States

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I'm an American living in Europe. I lived in Paris for two years where I studied language and art history, before going to Berkeley to study anthropology and later Simon Fraser University in Canada to study archaeology, focusing on the prehistory of Polynesia. In 1995, I moved to Germany where I began to write essays and literary fiction. Since 2015, I've been living in Prague where I teach writing and film at the Anglo-American University. I’m the author of four books and a screenplay co-written with Polish film director Jarek Marszewski. ...more

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Average rating: 4.28 · 54 ratings · 7 reviews · 11 distinct works

	The Xenophobe's Guide to the Californians 4.16 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2000	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
	The Cure 4.35 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2006 — 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
	Delusionism 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2008	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
	Insured Risk really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	The Murderer it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010	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
	A Place Between Worlds by Bonnie Barski, Sarah Happel, Anthony Marais (Goodreads Author) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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
	Loose Change 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	How Not to Become a Philosophical Pervert in Five Easy Steps 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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Prague, Capital of the Twentieth Century: A Surrealist History

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“Infatuation is measured in pleasure. Love is measured in pain. Behold the value of pain!”
― Anthony Marais, Delusionism

tags: infatuation, love, love-hurts

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“Temptation is the voice of reason without its clothes on.”
― Anthony Marais, Delusionism

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“We need but three things to change the world: a brain, a heart, and a friend.”
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Anthony’s Quotes

“Infatuation is measured in pleasure. Love is measured in pain. Behold the value of pain!”
― Anthony Marais, Delusionism

tags: infatuation, love, love-hurts

14 likes

“Temptation is the voice of reason without its clothes on.”
― Anthony Marais, Delusionism

tags: temptation

9 likes

“We need but three things to change the world: a brain, a heart, and a friend.”
― Anthony Marais, Delusionism

tags: life-quotes

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“We are not born with a need for knowledge, but a hunger for it. Eve bit the apple and it has been gluttony ever since.”
― Anthony Marais, Delusionism

tags: humor, knowledge, learning

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“Race should be seen in one way, and one way only: on your marks, get set, go!”
― Anthony Marais, Delusionism

tags: race, race-relations, racism

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