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Page 79
Perhaps they decided their American passports weren't good enough and were
carrying other documents with other names. Perhaps the police identified them
as part of some resistance cell and took them in for interrogation or simply to be ...
Perhaps they decided their American passports weren't good enough and were
carrying other documents with other names. Perhaps the police identified them
as part of some resistance cell and took them in for interrogation or simply to be ...
Page 155
However, I am studying, and perhaps you will hear from me in that language later
this winter. A second letter was from the Canadian Jewish Congress inviting him
to a conference. He would be on a panel, they suggested, on "The Meaning of ...
However, I am studying, and perhaps you will hear from me in that language later
this winter. A second letter was from the Canadian Jewish Congress inviting him
to a conference. He would be on a panel, they suggested, on "The Meaning of ...
Page 165
In the movie the puppet- maker would definitely steal the scenes. Perhaps the
film would even open with the puppet-maker adrift in Paris before the war. With
his trustable hands, his modest lips, his grim need to survive, he commits the first
act ...
In the movie the puppet- maker would definitely steal the scenes. Perhaps the
film would even open with the puppet-maker adrift in Paris before the war. With
his trustable hands, his modest lips, his grim need to survive, he commits the first
act ...
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User Review - bhowell - LibraryThingThis book was originally published in 1990 but was re-issued in 2007 when it was made into a movie staring Susan Sarandon and Christopher Plummer. It's a good read and not overly long, moving from a ... Read full review
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Emotional arithmetic |
| Author | Matt Cohen |
| Publisher | Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1990 |
| ISBN | 0886193621, 9780886193621 |
| Length | 201 pages |
| Subjects | › Canadian fiction Fiction / General Fiction / Historical |
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