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    ChildhoodTove Ditlevsen
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    DependencyTove Ditlevsen
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    YouthTove Ditlevsen
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    LimonovEmmanuel Carrère
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    A Distant EpisodePaul Bowles
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    I Bought a Little CityDonald Barthelme
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    The BabysitterRobert Coover
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    Romance of the Thin Man and the Fat LadyRobert Coover
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    The Cornet-Player Who Betrayed IrelandFrank O'Connor
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    The Delicate PreyPaul Bowles
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    The Sound of TrumpetsJohn Mortimer
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    Gertrude And ClaudiusJohn Updike

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