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Pong was generous because he had a bottomless wonder for our multitudinous human family, this perpetual appreciation of how people are. And maybe: can and will be.
Chang-rae Lee • My Year Abroad: A Novel
Professor R. M. Rabinowski Department of Psychology Fortuna College, Fortuna, California Dear Professor Rabinowski, Your book changed my life. He tells a full-fledged conversion narrative: wayward boy saved by a chance encounter with brilliance. He describes how The Ape Inside Us awakened something in him, although the awakening has come, perhaps,
... See moreRichard Powers • The Overstory: Winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
then slowly in the months that followed came his growing realization that the danger was in her mind, and he had to protect her all the more.
Philip Pullman • His Dark Materials: The Complete Collection: now a major BBC TV series

The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
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was responsible for my friends’ safety, and for their enrichment, too.
Hua Hsu • Stay True: A Memoir (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
Ce premier séjour à Aurora me fit réaliser que l’image que j’avais de Harry était tronquée : sa maison du bord de mer était immense mais complètement vide. Harry L. Quebert, vedette de la littérature américaine, professeur respecté, adulé par ses étudiants, charmeur, charismatique, élégant, boxeur, intouchable, devenait Harry-tout-court lorsqu’il r
... See moreJoël Dicker • La Vérité sur l'Affaire Harry Quebert (French Edition)
My father was curiosity itself. Whether with a bellman or a prince, he would strike up unexpected conversations. Sometimes, he would hear someone’s accent and tell them he had traveled to their country and had written about it and wanted to hear their story.