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The heat of the white pebbles warms my belly, the salty sea leaves white streaks on my brown skin. It is paradise, but I am not happy. History is the dark magician inside us, tearing at our liver.
— Jul 05, 2026 02:20PM
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I have always wanted to go to Trieste because it sounds like tristesse, which is a light-hearted word, even though in French it means sadness.
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Love this book! Excited to know what you think.
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Maddie wrote: "Love this book! Excited to know what you think."Maddie, I might need to read it a second time to see more clear into the symbolism and Freudian allusions, but first time round it strikes me as delightfully vivid - and I love how she wove some lines of David Bowie's Space Oddity into the narrative :)