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This vibrant, superbly crafted novel explores the elusive boundaries between existence and imagination, memory and truth. From the subtropical lushness of Queensland's Tamborine rainforest to the claustrophobic bedroom of a Boston physicist, Hospital's characters breathe an atmosphere of passion and suspense. Charade Ryan, an enigmatic story-spinning scheherazade, searches for a way to unravel the long-hold secrets of her family origins.… (más)
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May the legends of the men of old be lessons to the people of our time, so that a man may see those things which befell others beside himself: then he will honour and consider carefully the words and adventures of past peoples, and will reprove himself.
- THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND ONE NIGHT
To modify the past is not to modify a single fact; it is to annul the consequences of that fact, which tend to be infinite. In other words, it involves the creation of two universal histories. -Jorge Luis Borges: The Other Death
I intend to examine here the memories of extreme experiences, of injuries suffered or inflicted....Once again it must be observed, mournfully, that the injury cannot be healed: it extends through time.... -Primo Levi: The Drowned and the Saved
For my part, I have no illusions; what took place can happen again. We are only entitled to respite, a reprieve between two ... -Testimony of Andre to Claudine Vegh, IN I Didn't Say Goodbye: Interviews with Children of the Holocaust
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For my father and mother, who taught me that love is rich and redemptive whatever costumes and guises it wears
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The grand unified theories,Koenig writes, are difficult to verify experimentally.
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
But then he thinks of Heisenberg and the indeterminacy question, and wishes to keep the ending open.
This vibrant, superbly crafted novel explores the elusive boundaries between existence and imagination, memory and truth. From the subtropical lushness of Queensland's Tamborine rainforest to the claustrophobic bedroom of a Boston physicist, Hospital's characters breathe an atmosphere of passion and suspense. Charade Ryan, an enigmatic story-spinning scheherazade, searches for a way to unravel the long-hold secrets of her family origins.
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