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“Women are all alike-- aye fussin' over their fal-lals and bedazin' a man's eyes, when all they really want is man's blood and his heart out of his body and his soul and his pride....”
― Cold Comfort Farm
― Cold Comfort Farm
“Flora sighed. It was curious that persons who lived what the novelists called a rich emotional life always seemed to be a bit slow on the uptake.”
― Cold Comfort Farm
― Cold Comfort Farm
“On the whole, Flora liked it better when they were silent, though it did rather give her the feeling that she was acting in one of the less cheerful German highbrow films.”
― Cold Comfort Farm
― Cold Comfort Farm
“A straight nose is a great help if one wishes to look serious'.”
― Cold Comfort Farm
― Cold Comfort Farm
“I do not object to the phenomena, but I do object to the parrot.”
― Cold Comfort Farm
― Cold Comfort Farm
Latin American Literature and Magical Realism
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Latin American literature rose to particular prominence during the second half of the 20th century, largely thanks to the international success of the ...more
Magic Realism
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Magic realism is a global and varied mode of literature, from the early twentieth century European works which made the everyday seem magical, to the ...more
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