Go Set a Watchman (2015) by Harper Lee & the Death of a Beloved Hero
“Go away, the old buildings said. There is no place for you here. You are not wanted. We have secrets.”
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Oracle Bones (2006) by Peter Hessler & the Tears of Regret for the Poet Chen Mengjia
“Recovery, in all its varied forms, is simply a human instinct.”
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River Town (2001) by Peter Hessler & the Imperialist vs the Poet
“To travel through Sichuan countryside is to feel the history, the years of work that have shaped the land, the sheer weight of humanity on patches of earth that have been worked in the same way for centuries.”
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The Apple of My Eye (2014) by Mary Ellen Bramwell & the Suspicious Nature of Heroism
“They could not feel my anguish nor see the concern in my eyes. They would wake up in the morning as if nothing had happened and make their breakfasts and go to work or school or take care of their children as if the day were like any other. But it wouldn’t be, and I knew it, regardless of what greeted me ahead.”
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Amsterdam (1998) by Ian McEwan & the Booker Winner with Such Twisted Beauty
A superbly written piece of brutal heartlessness and blatant betrayals on all sides.
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This Moment is Your Life (2015) by CG FEWSTON & A Dramatic Reading
Here is a hauntingly good reading of “This Moment is Your Life.”
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The Power of Myth (1988) by Joseph Campbell & Beyond Greedy America as the New Monster State
“The drudgery of the lives of most of the people who have to support families — well, it’s a life-extinguishing affair.”
