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Babylon
Babylon | Yasmina Reza
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Winner of the Prix Renaudot Shortlisted for the Prix Goncourt Elisabeth is a woman whose curiosity and passion far exceed the borders of her quiet middle-class life. She befriends a neighbor, organizes a small dinner party. And then, quite suddenly, finds herself embarked with him on an adventure that is one part vaudeville and one part high tragedy. A quiet novel of manners turns into a police procedural thriller. Her motivations for risking everything she has are never transparent. In a world where matters of life and death are nearly always transported to a clinical setting, whether it be a hospital or a courtroom, here each character must confront them unassisted. A truly original and masterful novel from one of the worlds most inventive and daring artists.
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Babylon | Yasmina Reza
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“She had taken on other habits far from mountain life, a thousand leagues from the great shadows that swell and shrink. She had got used to the smooth walls and the wooden railings, she had agreed to watch time melt away no matter where.”

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“He still has a vaguely handsome face that attracts woman who have nothing much going on.Catherine Mussin, who still worked for Font-Pouvreau, edges over to the window and tried a little opener about the changeable weather.”

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“After a certain age a woman is condemned to good spirits. When you sulk at twenty it‘s sexy, when you do it at sixty it‘s a drag.”

KathyWheeler This feels so true! 6y
MEGR @KathyWheeler yes! This line really struck me, and I kept thinking that it would have made a great title for a Nora Ephron essay or book 🤣 6y
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“I have often been weighed down by the bedrooms in my life...It‘s the window that makes the room.The space it outlines, the light it brings in.”

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Babylon | Yasmina Reza
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What I finished ✨ and what I am starting💫, back to back