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… Calcutta. Once the ride started, he opened his briefcase and allowed himself finally to start on the rosogolla … feed each other chicken kebabs, drink beer, smoke beedies , make nonveg jokes, and generally behave like coolies. … sex intimacy cigarettes smokers young love zoo tiger guilt 126-135 By Praveen Krishna Illustration by Gosia Herba …
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… movie star. Now, his angular features became unsteady and incomplete as if worn down by constant disappointment, even … license as an ultrasound technician, found a job. Sergey studied hard, got high grades, graduated with honors. Who … Vica asked. “She’s back at Stanford, studying for her orals. I don’t know. I like her. I’m keeping my …
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… lost count of how many of her mother’s appointments she had come to this year. She still couldn’t find her way around … heard from again. Some days, Romina wished he had just died. Some days, Romina didn’t remember he had existed at … there was nothing more unkempt than Paraguayan public hospitals. When the attendant called for a Juliana Cabrera, …
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… Snowlight Not an uncommon winter tale. It goes different ways but always starts …
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… listened to any music, except, perhaps, at long intervals, from a distance, a patriotic march. He used to provide … his roomy front hall, and visitors waiting for a private audience would pass the time studying the artifacts and … were not as strong or agile on the reins. Riding became uncomfortable, and he began to dislike his horse, as it also …
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… for the Saturday flea market. There are many ways of communicating in New York. One is through the names of Wi-Fi … being gifted at soccer wasn’t enough to become a coach. You also needed English. He struggled with the language, went at … out a niche in the first-floor landing. “When people died in these houses,” she said cheerfully, “the wakes used …