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Amora: Stories

Natalia Borges Polesso,

Julia Sanches (Translation)

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Jan 16, 2022 Nina ( picturetalk321 ) rated it liked it · review of another edition

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Gutsy stories of sapphic love, lust, jealousy, life. I really appreciated the unsentimental attitude of these stories and their broad generosity in encompassing so many facets of life, family, relationships, ages. Some of these stories are lovely to read and celebrate ageing love in a beautifully tender way. Others are difficult, full of broken bones and broken hearts, often with an open ending that suggests unresolved pain. All of them address the 'human condition', and in this they are, I supp ...more

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