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A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy

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The Sea by John Banville

Libra by Don DeLillo

Burmese Days by George Orwell

Deliverance by James Dickey

Native Speaker by Chang-rae Lee

Einstein’s Dreams by Alan Lightman

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard

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In the Distance

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In the Distance

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