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A Stranger in Olondria

by Sofia Samatar

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Jan 07, 2026 08:58PM

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Death Valley by Melissa Broder

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It is easier to have an intimate relationship with the unconscious than the conscious,

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“if you should ever doubt that a series of dry words in a government document can shatter spirits and demolish lives, let this book erase that doubt. Conversely, if you should be of the conviction that we are powerless to change those dry words, let this book give you heart.”
― Louise Erdrich, The Night Watchman

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“She had felt the movement of something vaster, impersonal yet personal, in her life. She thought that maybe people in contact with that nameless greatness had a way of catching at the edges, a way of being pulled along or even entering this thing beyond experience.”
― Louise Erdrich, The Night Watchman

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