There is a peculiar burning odor in the room, like explosives. the kitchen fills with smoke and the hot, sweet, ashy smell of scorched cookies. The war has begun.
About Alison Lurie
Alison Stewart Luriewas an American novelist and academic. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her 1984 novel Foreign Affairs.
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We can lie in the language of dress or try to tell the truth; but unless we are naked and bald, it is impossible to be silent.
American novelist and academic -1926-2020)
There is a peculiar burning odor in the room, like explosives. the kitchen fills with smoke and the hot, sweet, ashy smell of scorched cookies. The war has begun.
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As one went to Europe to see the living past, so one must visit Southern California to observe the future.
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