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This is a nostalgic tale, and, as so often, nostalgia makes for a rosecolored perspective, the unlikely idealized figure here french president of the day. This is a nostalgic tale, and, as so often, nostalgia makes for a rosecolored perspective, the unlikely idealized figure here french president of the day, francois mitterrand. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Dining alone in an elegant parisian brasserie, accountant dani. Instructions for a heatwave, by maggie ofarrell 34. Laurain stakes out a certain cultural gravitas in coloring his book with his callementions and allusions echoed even in the name of the bookstore at the center of the novel, le cahier rouge the red book.
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