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“You are crying,” she said. It was only then that Osita noticed the tears slipping into his ears. It was evening and the light was leaving. “It’s raining,” he told her, slurring his words.
She laughed. “It’s not raining.”
“It’s raining inside me,” he said and a wave if darkness took over.”
― The Death of Vivek Oji
She laughed. “It’s not raining.”
“It’s raining inside me,” he said and a wave if darkness took over.”
― The Death of Vivek Oji
“and suddenly I am washed over by a wave of happiness for it, for my little story, because it is a place, a home even, and I can go back to it from wherever I am”
― Her Body Knows
― Her Body Knows
“There is something about gin, the tang in it of the deep wildwood, perhaps, that always makes me think of twilight and mists and dead maidens. Tonight it tinkled in my mouth like secret laughter.”
― The Book of Evidence
― The Book of Evidence
“My plan was to never get married. I was going to be an art monster instead. Women almost never become art monsters because art monsters only concern themselves with art, never mundane things. Nabokov didn't even fold his own umbrella. Vera licked his stamps for him.”
― Dept. of Speculation
― Dept. of Speculation
“In harmony there is nothing strange. And life is a vast harmony. I've understood this. But, you see- the moulded whimsy of a frieze on a portico keeps us from recognizing, sometimes, the symmetry of the whole. . .”
― The Tragedy of Mister Morn
― The Tragedy of Mister Morn
Tackling the Pulitzer Prize Winners!
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The Pulitzer Prize literature winners comprise a phenomenal collection of novels. Join us as we tackle the monumental task of reading all of the winne ...more
Nabokov in Three Years
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— last activity Oct 08, 2013 11:39PM
This group will be reading Vladimir Nabokov's entire fictional oeuvre (plus his autobiography and two collections of essays) in chronological order. W ...more
Literary Prizes
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— last activity Jul 08, 2012 07:00AM
A place to discuss the Booker, the Pulitzer, the Nobel Prize for Literature, the Newbery, and/or any other literary awards.
Vil’s 2025 Year in Books
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