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“For the Eritreans to have their lands handed to Ethiopia was an unimaginable wound, akin to giving liberated France to England merely because the people of both countries were white and ate cabbage.” P. 35
— Sep 28, 2023 03:51PM
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She read that opening sentence three times before she understood. She looked at the title of the book. Middlemarch. Why couldn’t the writer be clearer? She read on, only because Ghosh had managed to keep reading. Little by little, she found herself immersed in the story. P. 164
— Sep 29, 2023 03:36PM
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“We come unbidden into this life, and if we are lucky we find a purpose beyond starvation, misery and early death which, lest we forget, is the common lot.” Sobering words on p. 6.
— Sep 27, 2023 04:42AM
