Jefferson Long
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Going South: A Tragedy of Love and Self-Deception
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"Julian Barnes bids farewell, building on his essay collection "Levels of Life", in which he writes, among other things, about coming to terms with his wife’s death. “Departure(s)” deals with his own impending death, which, given his cancer diagnosis "
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"Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2026
Book 4/13 of the Longlist Ana Paula Maia has been on my TBR since she won The Republic of Consciousness prize in 2024 for Of Cattle and men. I only heard good things about that novel, but I wasn’t to" Read more of this review » |
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"It's the summer of 2009 and I'm on a Rome-bound train. We're about to cross the border into Italy from Nice, my girlfriend and I. She's sitting across from me, oohing and ahhing over the rocky capes jutting out into the inky Mediterranean.
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“Sometimes the memory of you is like a fading patch of sunlight between the trees in my garden.
I watch you sleeping until I realize you’re only in my thoughts.”
― Going South: A Tragedy of Love and Self-Deception
I watch you sleeping until I realize you’re only in my thoughts.”
― Going South: A Tragedy of Love and Self-Deception
“Sometimes the memory of you is like a fading patch of sunlight between the trees in my garden.
I watch you sleeping until I realize you’re only in my thoughts.”
― Going South: A Tragedy of Love and Self-Deception
I watch you sleeping until I realize you’re only in my thoughts.”
― Going South: A Tragedy of Love and Self-Deception
“And perhaps there is a limit to the grieving that the human heart can do. As when one adds salt to a tumbler of water, there comes a point where simply no more will be absorbed.”
― The Little Stranger
― The Little Stranger
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This sounds absolutely fascinating a dark Venetian noir with culinary thriller elements is right up my alley. I'd love to read and leave an honest review on Amazon.
If possible,..."
Hey, I think you might be referring to a different book 😊
Mine is a psychological novel about a teacher and a student, not a Venetian noir.
I’m currently not sharing PDFs, but if you’re interested, it’s available on Amazon.