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Roman Clodia
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'Did modern France really have anything to do with Zola, Balzac, Aragon? Besides, in these novels - novels that she loved as much as any books she'd ever read, and which she'd already packed in her suitcase - she had never come across a girl like her. If she did not exist in their books, could she exist in real life?'
— Aug 31, 2026 01:41AM
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'But Mia was busy reading other books. That summer, she devoured novels by Marguerite Duras and James Baldwin.'
— Aug 30, 2026 11:20AM
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'I can see it's getting into Mia's head. That's why she dresses like a boy - she thinks she can escape the curse of girls and mothers, who always end up acting like martyrs.'
— Aug 30, 2026 07:44AM
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'You mentioned Proust earlier. If I could give you one piece of advice, mademoiselle, it would be this: find your madeleine.'
— Aug 30, 2026 02:35AM