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Adult Fiction
Adult fiction, by contrast with childrens or young adult, is fiction intended for (and usually about) adults.
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Cora Thompson had two of them--cats, that is. Which was quite remarkable considering she had never owned a pet before. Growing up in the rural South as she had, Cora had been taught that if an animal couldn't work in a field or be slaughtered for food, then it was of no use. Certainly any domesticated animal such as a dog or a cat would only bring about the destruction of fine furniture, stained carpets, and the onset of disease, not to mention the foul odor. That's just the way it was.
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― Just Like Family
― Just Like Family

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Ma che cos’era la felicità se non un eccesso, una condizione impossibile da mantenere? [...] Non ricordava di essere stato in grado, da bambino, di dare una definizione di felicità: c’erano solo tristezza, paura e l’assenza di entrambe, e quest’ultima era la sola cosa di cui avesse bisogno o che desiderasse.
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― A Little Life
― A Little Life

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