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Page 23
On the contrary, she was all motion, almost dancing; as from the tape machine
squawked that stranger's voice, as it surrounded itself with the noises of traffic,
the blur of drunkenness, sorrow, as our kitchen suddenly became the stage and
that ...
On the contrary, she was all motion, almost dancing; as from the tape machine
squawked that stranger's voice, as it surrounded itself with the noises of traffic,
the blur of drunkenness, sorrow, as our kitchen suddenly became the stage and
that ...
Page 57
How wonderful it would be, he suddenly thought, if fifty years could just drop
away, if the nightmare could go back to being the unknown future, if he could be
once again stepping out into the rain with his young woman friend — The sun
was in ...
How wonderful it would be, he suddenly thought, if fifty years could just drop
away, if the nightmare could go back to being the unknown future, if he could be
once again stepping out into the rain with his young woman friend — The sun
was in ...
Page 168
The scene, Christopher thought, feeling suddenly calm and in control, when the
author suddenly reveals to the heroine that what is happening is not life but a
movie, that the thoughts, the words, the movements she takes to be her own have
all ...
The scene, Christopher thought, feeling suddenly calm and in control, when the
author suddenly reveals to the heroine that what is happening is not life but a
movie, that the thoughts, the words, the movements she takes to be her own have
all ...
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User Review - gypsysmom - LibraryThingThis is the second book by Matt Cohen that I have read. I read Elizabeth and After a year and a half ago and enjoyed it. I knew that I had this other book on my TBR pile and that I wanted to read it ... Read full review
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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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