• key
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    4410 months ago

    Neat, it’s a real book

        • @GoosLife
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          510 months ago

          Yes, she is. Although she also spent part of her childhood and went to college in New Zealand. Apart from that she’s Jewish.

          I mean, her last name does sound German, so maybe the guy you replied to just read the book in German and assumed that was the original language? But I can confirm it’s not.

          She also is literally a boomer and her dayjob is being the landlord of a bunch of low-income properties she bought in Alberquerque, so if you subscribe to mainstream Lemmy’s philosophies, you probably won’t like her very much outside of her writing.

          • @frankenswine
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            110 months ago

            I just wanted to call out the person who obviously didn’t read the book (iirc she mentions her upbringins and the major part of the story takes place in california) - but thanks for your reassurance

            also, i guess i like the book though the encaptured reality and truth (i.e. how she invites the reader to witness the failure of her relationship) left a weird feeling of unexpected (and unwanted) voyeurism

    • key
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      910 months ago

      “Where the sidewalk ends”

  • FawkesGil
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    1010 months ago

    Is the ‘other it’ the book on the left saying ‘The once and future sex’ or the ‘Staff Dicks’ sign on top?

  • @Passerby6497
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    10 months ago

    Staff Dicks: “I love Dick”

  • @owenfromcanada
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    210 months ago

    Huh, that section is usually in a separate room.