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Meanwhile Joy was telling me things about her life that I’d never known as a single-minded kid searching the neighborhood for a grape to burst—Joy was tossing into this agitated pot of memory called…
Contributor:
Philip Roth
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
1997
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He spent much time at the home of Nona Fortuna and Grandpapa Jacquo. After a night on the town, he would fall asleep fully clothed on the couch in their living room, or in Uncle Sicourelle’s bed with…
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Ronit Matalon
Places:
Haifa, Israel
Date:
1995
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Hannah the blind woman was told before her wedding that her future husband was a widower in the tobacco business; at first they also assured her that this widower had been left with no children from…
Contributor:
Jacob Steinberg
Places:
Tel Aviv, Mandate Palestine (Tel Aviv, Israel)
Date:
1922
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The terrace of the large coffee house in Berlin was almost empty, save for the occasional occupied table. The season had already turned autumnal. The weather was unpredictable, and the air carried a…
Contributor:
Hersh Dovid Nomberg
Places:
Warsaw, Second Polish Republic (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1925–1926
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He did not object to their unending walk, on and on until they reached a quiet spot. He did not complain of feeling tired. He did not insist that the blanket should be spread somewhere nearer to other…
Contributor:
Adolf Rudnicki
Places:
Warsaw, Poland
Date:
1951
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Those who had no papers entitling them to live lined up to die. The whole North-west Station was a gigantic waiting-room. It was a long, long wait, but eventually everyone’s turn came. Those who…
Contributor:
Jakov Lind
Places:
London, United Kingdom
Date:
1962