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The Sentence of Shock

The Sentence of Shock

Gourmet Rhapsody by Muriel Barbery, translated by Alison Anderson

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Apr 06, 2024
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a bunch of rubber ducks sitting on a blue surface
ugly duckling bitterness

Oh, but what’s the use, huh, what’s the use of stirring all this up, stirring up my ugly duckling bitterness, it will only prove the old man right: my children are imbeciles, …

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