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Donald Breckenridge
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Bove, Simon, Onetti, Soseki, Gadda, Frisch, Frame, Sorrentino, Bachman...more
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You Are Here
— published 2009 |
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The Brooklyn Rail Fiction Anthology
by Donald Breckenridge (Goodreads Author) , Albert Mobilio , John Reed (Goodreads Author) — published 2006 |
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6/2/95
— published 2001 |
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This Young Girl Passing
— published 2011 — 2 editions |
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Rockaway Wherein
— published 1998 |
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“And this is more or less all that I had left after the holidays. Nothing really; hopeless confusion, a narrative without a possible conclusion, full of doubtful meanings, belied by the very elements that I had to give it shape. I didn't know the significance of what I'd seen, I was repelled by the idea of finding out and being sure. All that counts is that I felt at peace when I finished writing, certain I had enjoyed the greatest success one can expect from this kind of task: I had accepted a challenge, and turned at least one daily defeat into a victory.”
― Juan Carlos Onetti
― Juan Carlos Onetti
“I detest the idea that love between two persons can lead to salvation. All my life I have fought against this oppressive type of relationship. Instead, I believe in searching for a kind of love that somehow involves all of humanity.”
― Rainer Werner Fassbinder
― Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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