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Now showing — Intimacies · 5 works

  • Real Life Books · 2020s

    "A novel of rare emotional power that excavates the social intricacies of a late-summer weekend -- and a lifetime of buried pain. Almost everything about Wallace, an introverted African-American transplant from Alabama, is at odds with the lakeside Midwestern university town where he is working toward a biochem degr...

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  • Intimacies Essays · 2020s

    "A novel from the author of A Separation, a taut and electrifying story about a woman caught between many truths. An interpreter has come to The Hague to escape New York and work at the International Court. A woman of many languages and identities, she is looking for a place to finally call home. She's drawn into si...

    PowerModernityResistance
  • 2012 film directed by Ryūsuke Hamaguchi

    After-hoursLongingUrban isolation
  • 1974 film by Armando Bó

    After-hoursLongingUrban isolation
  • book published in 2008

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