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  <title><![CDATA[The Whole Story and Other Stories]]></title>
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  <default_description>From the critically acclaimed author of &lt;b&gt;Hotel World &lt;/b&gt;comes a collection of uniquely inventive stories that thread the labyrinth of coincidence, chance, and connections missed and made.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;What happens when you run into Death in a busy train station? (You know he&amp;#8217;s Death because when he smiles, your cell phone goes dead.) What if your lover falls in love with a tree? Should you be jealous? From the woman pursued by a band of bagpipers in full regalia to the artist who&amp;#8217;s built a seven-foot boat out of secondhand copies of &lt;b&gt;The Great Gatsby&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;,&lt;/i&gt; Smith&amp;#8217;s characters are offbeat, charming, sexy, and as wonderfully complex as life itself.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">2003</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Ali Smith]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[This collection of stories has a flop or two. Some less than interesting tales. But the ones I love are made for photocopying and mailing to your ideal lover with pressed flowers and a photo of that feather you found in a graveyard.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Jul 18 10:10:19 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[These were pretty creative but they lacked any sense of urgency.  ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Apr 02 08:43:24 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jun 25 10:12:40 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A sharp literary mind and exquisite technique, Smith executes this short story collection with fervor and interest.  In my first reading, I have discovered the tremulous strings that attach relationships and how even the bizarre can open a person's eyes to a reality so good and pure that it has to b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19287703">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="6268965">
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    <name><![CDATA[Margaret]]></name>
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Apr 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Sep 15 23:55:00 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Apr 27 11:01:39 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Having just finished reading this book in Washington Square Park while witnessing someone being arrested, I subsequently tried to explain Ali Smith's style to a friend: &quot;Her stories and characters are kind of crazy, but crazy in a way that makes complete and total sense, or would if you were no...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6268965">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Sat Nov 07 09:39:58 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Nov 07 09:56:26 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Because of this:<br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.jeanettewinterson.com/pages/journalism_01/journalism_01_item.asp?journalism_01ID=90" title="http://www.jeanettewinterson.com/pages/journalism_01/journalism_01_item.asp?journalism_01ID=90">http://www.jeanettewinterson.com/pages/j...</a><br/><br/>And this:<br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.pulp.net/54/top10.html">http://www.pulp.net/54/top10.html</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77010061]]></url>
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    <review id="44781437">
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    <name><![CDATA[Stephanie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[White River Junction, VT]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jan 29 13:48:13 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jan 29 13:49:40 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm turning into an Ali Smith junkie... am ordering everything I can get my hands on. Wonderful writing. ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44781437]]></url>
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    <review id="23248262">
    <user id="355071">
    <name><![CDATA[Karen]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Israel]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu May 29 14:27:18 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu May 29 14:27:18 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Some of the stories in here are amazing. &quot;being quick&quot; makes me cry every time I read it. I gave this book four stars and not five, though, because not all of the stories are that great. I guess that's a little unfair, because if a novel had moved me as much as some of the stories in here,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23248262">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="5210427">
    <user id="256455">
    <name><![CDATA[Ouly]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Indonesia]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Aug 28 03:45:17 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[gue masih baca buku ini sih sebenernya. belom abis-abis. ampir setaun padahal.<br/>tapiii... buku ini sangat detail. sangat. bahkan ada di suatu bab dimana dia nerangin lalet yang di nemplok di buku yang di jual di empire.. dengan cara yang mungkin lo pikir 'penting banget ya?' tapi bukannya malah ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5210427">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5210427]]></url>
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    <review id="60785236">
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    <name><![CDATA[Tatiana]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jun 23 09:09:02 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jul 05 13:09:36 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Less impressed with these than i was with her novels.  Though it's very hard for me to make it through an entire short story collection without getting bored.  ironically.  there are some gems in here though, especially the first one. ]]></body>
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    <review id="12838703">
    <user id="177678">
    <name><![CDATA[Dana]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jan 18 09:54:58 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jan 27 17:48:11 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked most of the short stories in this book. I didn't like them as much as I liked &quot;Like&quot;, which was the first of her books I read, but I liked it more than Hotel World, which I think received more acclaim. The stories that speak to me the most are the ones that are about relationships ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12838703">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="8933935">
    <user id="329875">
    <name><![CDATA[Liza]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[New York, NY]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Jun 24 08:41:22 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Breezy, charming, whimsical, like late brunch in Portland. I bought it at an airport bookstore and lend it out sometimes to people who just want a book that is nice, like guests who have forgotten to bring one but want to sit out in the grass on a sunny afternoon and read. ]]></body>
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    <review id="18113462">
    <user id="74891">
    <name><![CDATA[Lesley]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Apr 08 10:35:50 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Mar 25 10:59:19 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[recommended by jeanette winterson. i had to check it out. <br/>these stories are magical so far. i am getting so sucked in.<br/>my favorite so far is a story about a woman who falls in love with a tree.<br/>]]></body>
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    <review id="1773283">
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    <name><![CDATA[Snarky's]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Williamsburg, VA]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Thu Jun 07 22:58:58 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jun 08 19:59:46 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am crazy about Ali Smith's stories. Her prose is quiet, but never restrained. What is it about UK writers? Damn it they just make my day and I'm hardly an anglophile.]]></body>
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    <review id="1951746">
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    <name><![CDATA[gauri]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read the first three stories and found them to be patchy and ordinary, and too self-conscious. So I abandoned it. I will read 'Hotel World', though.]]></body>
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    <review id="15064675">
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    <name><![CDATA[Catherine]]></name>
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  <date_added>Sun Feb 10 11:56:44 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a beautiful collection of short stories.<br/>Smith has established herself as a thoughtful and worthwhile contemporary author.]]></body>
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    <review id="9625092">
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    <name><![CDATA[Abby]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[I found this collection better than her other one (hotel world) but still not great, I consider myself an expert in short stories.]]></body>
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    <review id="3975025">
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    <name><![CDATA[Heather]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Aug 02 11:04:35 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[great book of short stories, she's one gifted lady. because i like 'em short and sweet, this was perfect.]]></body>
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    <review id="26588573">
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    <name><![CDATA[G]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[These beguiling stories hint at the later greatness of <em>The Accidental</em>...]]></body>
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    <review id="573971">
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    <body><![CDATA[Ali Smith works very well in short story form. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent train book.]]></body>
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