“The earth shook for precisely seventeen seconds. Exactly seventeen seconds—no more, no less.” UFO in Kushiro Komura’s wife leaves him after the Kobe earthquake, claiming he is “empty.” […]
French literature
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“Advertising is the most beautiful lie in the world.” Chapter 1: The Advertising Machine The protagonist, Octave Parango, introduces himself as a cynical advertising executive in Paris. He […]
American literature
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“You can’t always judge people by the things they done. You got to judge them by what they are doing now.” — Opal in Because of Winn-Dixie Chapter […]
English literature
The Amber Spyglass
“You cannot change what you are, only what you do.” Part One: The Enchanted Sleeper Lyra Silvertongue and Will Parry, now in possession of the subtle knife, travel […]
English literature
White Teeth
“What is past is prologue.” — William Shakespeare (Epigraph in White Teeth) Part One: Archie 1974, 1945 The novel opens with Archie Jones, a middle-aged Englishman, attempting suicide […]