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Mischa Berlinski

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Mischa Berlinski is the author of novels Fieldwork, a finalist for the National Book Award, and Peacekeeping. He has written for the New York Review of Books about Haitian politics, has tried to buy a zombie for Men's Journal, and investigated a woman who married a snake for Harper's Magazine. His writing has appeared in the Best American Essays and the Best American Travel Writing.

He is the recipient of a Whiting Writers' Award and the American Academy of Arts and Letters' Addison M. Metcalf Award.

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	Fieldwork 3.61 avg rating — 3,364 ratings — published 2007 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“The world makes you, and then you see it through the eyes it gives you.”
― Mischa Berlinski, Peacekeeping

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“The world makes you, and then you see it through the eyes it gives you. Another man sees the same world, but he doesn't have the same eyes.”
― Mischa Berlinski, Peacekeeping

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Remember, if you vote for a book and it wins, you are implicitly promising to read the book and participate in the discussion. The poll will be open through July 31st. (Note: You can change your vote at any time prior to the closing of the poll.) Discussion will begin September 1st.

Sophie and the Sibyl: A Victorian Romance by Patricia Duncker

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The Orenda by Joseph Boyden

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Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

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Fieldwork by Mischa Berlinski

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A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore

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The Water Theatre by Lindsay Clarke

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