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I find the use of long dashes instead of quotation marks very distracting. It takes me out of the story. Does anyone know why this punctuation choice was made?

Renee Kahl This is the norm in literature in Spanish; I don't know about other languages. Americans aren't used to it. I'm not sure if the author is making some …moreThis is the norm in literature in Spanish; I don't know about other languages. Americans aren't used to it. I'm not sure if the author is making some point with it or not. Maybe to get us out of our box?(less)

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The Lincoln Highway

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