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Mmmmmmm..............not sure about this one. I think my new-found "George Saunders derived superpowers" has enabled me to read this one with a more critical eye - and am currently sitting at 3 stars (ish).

The Third and Final Continent

“Still, there are times I am bewildered by each mile I have traveled, each meal I have eaten, each person I have known, each room in which I have slept. As ordinary as it all appears, there are times when it is beyond my imagination.”

The Treatment of Bibi Halder

“‘The world begins at the bottom of the stairs.’”

The Blessed House

“She was like that, excited and delighted by little things, crossing her fingers before any remotely unpredictable event, like tasting a new flavor of ice cream, or dropping a letter in a mailbox. It was a quality he did not understand. It made him feel stupid, as if the world contained hidden wonders he could not anticipate.”

Mrs. Sen’s

“‘Eliot, if I began to scream right now at the top of my lungs, would someone come?’”