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  <title><![CDATA[Insects Are Just Like You and Me Except Some of Them Have Wings]]></title>
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  <default_description>A centipede in a shoe, revelations in a shoebox, nosebleeds, exploding women, and a dead mouse named Miraculous populate this collection of thirty-five short stories by one of India's most original young writers.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;  &lt;b&gt;NOTICE:&lt;/b&gt; The first shipment of this book to the US sold out almost immediately. More copies are on their way from India and should be available by October 2008 at latest.</default_description>
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      <name><![CDATA[Kuzhali Manickavel]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's hard not to compare Kuzhali Manickavel to Miranda July, both because they seem to share a sort of &quot;quirkiness&quot; (yes, I hate that word too), and because Miranda herself wrote a nonblurb for this book, something along the lines of, &quot;When I read this book I totally felt like I had o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31222931">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Oh yes please. New crazy book with a new crazy title put out by a new crazy small press in <em>India</em>? Um, yes yes and yes.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>This book is <em>awesome</em>. Despite Miranda July's silly/stupid little blurb on the back, Ms. Manickavel is freaking great. These wispy little stories are often ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31378522">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked up this book of short stories upon reading a review that likened it to Miranda July’s short story collection No One Belongs Here More Than You. The main similarity between that book and this one lies in the quirkiness and surreality of the characters and stories. To call this book a colle...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36270321">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this quirky, poignant, funny, and original bunch of stories.  Definitely in the realm of the surreal, and heavily steeped in its Indian locale.  Be ready to step off the bridge about what you think a short story is and what you think narrative looks like.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[More whimsical than surrealistic but with lots of blood, vomit, dead bugs and decaying body parts.  I didn't count but I believe the word &quot;decay&quot; is the most common word in these short stories.  A couple of stories were almost interesting.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Yes, other than the occasional presence of wings I can also think of no single difference between humans and insects. ]]></body>
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