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"Come on .... Thebes Rules! I was reluctant to read this book because of the uncomfortable subject matter but in the end it gave me much joy. I'm giving this 5 stars because it deserves a higher average score. One review said the " two children ..."
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"Kitamura's introspective, multilayered novel follows an unnamed multilingual woman who has taken a one-year contract as an interpreter at the International Court in the Hague. A sense of home and security seems to be what our rootless, disoriented..."
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""No, what troubled me was the secrecy around it, these hidden undercurrents that remained undisclosed, even to the people who knew him best."
That quote sums up the argument Kitamura is pushing out the whole novel. This is a story, or more of an ..."
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"Peter, a Dublin lawyer in his early 30s, is still hung up on his ex, Sylvia, and can't quite commit to the college student he's been hanging out with, Naomi, who makes extra money as a cam girl. Peter's brother, Ivan, is already, in his early twen..."
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