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The air outside rumbles as planes lift into the sky, while inside garbled announcements blare over the loudspeaker. Somewhere behind me, an older woman speaks in sharp, staccato Italian. But I don’t look away from the curb, my eyes trained on the crowded sidewalk outside the terminal, searching for her, anchoring my belief—and my entire future—on t
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For another thing,
Kurt Vonnegut • The Sirens of Titan
a hamburger the size of a Susan B. Anthony dollar. All day long I installed doorknobs. It was all right.
David Sedaris • Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002)
that to leave Finland or any other Nordic country behind and settle in America at the beginning of the twenty-first century was to experience an extraordinary—and extraordinarily harsh—form of travel backward in time.
Anu Partanen • The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life

had started dumping sachets of mushroom powder into his metal water bottle. Alex had tried a sip: it made the water taste swampy and expensive.
Emma Cline • The Guest: ‘The tension never wavers’ (GUARDIAN)
Recently, Violet had had the disturbing realisation that she was old.
Emilia Hart • Weyward: Discover the unique, original and unforgettable fiction debut novel of 2023 – a BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club Pick and #2 Times Bestseller
Doug had met another woman while visiting a friend in Tucson, and they’d fallen in love. For a while they’d sent a flurry of faxes to each other, then several days passed without Doug hearing from her.