books
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100 short stories:: story 90
Samantha Neugebauer
story: The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas author: Ursula Le Guin year: 1975 where: kitchen table UAE, new bird mug note: social contracts, distant pain we cannot hear, sewn ears a line: “The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain…
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100 short stories:: story 86
Samantha Neugebauer
story: Sail author: Tash Aw year: 2011 where: taxi, Al Falah Street note: long short story, set in Hong Kong by my favorite Malaysian writer a line: “She knew it sounded stupid but she loved the feeling of being between places, of being nowhere. It made her feel she could go anywhere; anytime she wanted, on…
SAMANTHA NEUGEBAUER 