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The Burden of Light
Jessica Thummel
‘Jelly sits on the toilet, folded over, staring at his feet still inches from the floor.’
Cupcake
Yana Punkina
‘His voice had long since lost all superfluous timbral embellishments, he was left with only the raw thread of screeching.’
Returning to the Hague
Georgi Tenev
‘‘Shall I tell you, son,’ I ask him, ‘exactly what I’m guilty of?’’
Black Bazaar
Alain Mabanckou
‘Roger The French-Ivorian understood that I didn’t appreciate his tone of voice and ordered two Pelforts to win me back.’
Notes for a Young Gentleman
Toby Litt
‘A gentleman should greet with genuine warmth only the following persons – his sister’s daughters, his maternal aunts and his mortal enemies.’
Suddenly
Victoria Redel
‘A month after turning forty-five, every last egg in her body is a Rockette doing the can-can.’
The Children
Julie Otsuka
‘They learned that some people are born luckier than others and that things in this world do not always go as you plan.’
The Ojibwe Week
Louise Erdrich
‘Have you seen a beautiful naked antelope lady running through the streets?’
The Sex Lives of African Girls
Taiye Selasi
‘She has the most genuine intentions of any woman out there.’
