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Joanne
Jan 05, 2015 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
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I don't even know what to think of this novella. At turns quite disturbing, yet somewhat emotionally intriguing, I just can't seem to decide if I liked it or not. It's so hard to really feel empathy for the characters, yet there's something so sad about each of them.

Side note: in my ebook version, Doris Lessing's Nobel speech was included at the end of the book. And I looooved it.
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