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Love and its demands, and its ever changing face at different times in our lives, is the theme of Nina Berberova’s novel The Book of Happiness. Berberova’s novel is set in the early part of the Twentieth Century, a time that has seen Love subjected to the historical — and human individual crushing -- forces of war, politics, and revolution. However, Berberova is willing to see Love’s possibilities -- as long as Love is stripped free of illusion. For Love to exist, it must maintain a balance bet
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Julie
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