The Labyrinth of Zion
Marcos Ricardo Barnatán
1971
In truth Ezra is still very young, but sometimes these marriages are the ones that turn out best. I used to think it was a crime to do this to these children, but I see so many marriages for love destroyed after six months, finished after a year, that I don’t know what to say. At any rate it was madness, I couldn’t allow my daughter to marry…
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