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The sentimentalists
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Johanna Skibsrud's debut novel connects the flooding of an Ontario town, the Vietnam War, a trailer in North Dakota, and an unfinished boat in Maine. Parsing family history, worn childhood memories, … |
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Quartet for the end of time
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Johanna Skibsrud |
A false conspiracy charge against a World War I veteran prompts the man's disappearance and haunts his son throughout the 1930s, intertwining his life with those of a powerful congressman's children. |
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Sometimes we think you are a monkey
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Johanna Skibsrud |
A parent describes how their child moves their arms and legs like a monkey, stretches in the sun like a kitten, and whimpers like a puppy, but is still decidedly a baby human. |
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Les sentimentalistes
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Johanna Skibsrud |
"Le roman porte sur la mémoire, le deuil, la difficulté d'accéder à la vérité et surtout sur la relation père-fille. La narratrice y trace le portrait de son père, Napoléon Haskell, un homme à la foi… |
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