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In the swirling ballroom, chandeliers poured a corrosive milk over diamond-laced shoulders, and perfumes spun coils of desire between men and languid women swept round by the orchestra. Solal…
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Albert Cohen
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Geneva, Switzerland (Genève, Switzerland)
Date:
1930
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It’s hard to be clever these nights,
And useless to be modern.
Useless to smile knowingly and observe with melancholy
The language bastardisms of history:
“The government of the Republic is delivered…
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A. Leyeles
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1937
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The Führer inquires of General Franco, “Comrade, how did you solve the Jewish problem?”
Franco answers, “I instituted the yellow badge.”
“That’s nothing,” says Hitler. “I imposed tributes…
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Shimon Huberband
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Warsaw, General Government (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1941
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Shortly before Paris was occupied, Maurice had me return to my native Morocco.
My parents—my dear parents whom I loved so much and whom I never saw again—were, alas, dead. The other members of the…
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Degracia
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Paris, France
Date:
1968
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Awake, my people! How long will you slumber?
The night has passed, the sun shines bright.
Awake, lift up your eyes, look around you—
Acknowledge, I pray you, your time and your place. . . .
The…
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Judah Leib Gordon
Places:
Vilna, Russian Empire (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Date:
1866
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Dear reader, take out a sheet of paper and a pen and follow my calculations. This measure will not be pointless, as the numbers we will be dealing with are rather enormous, and mistakes can be easily…
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Isidoro Epstein
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Mexico City, Restored Republic (Mexico) (Mexico City, Mexico)
Date:
1875
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I doubt if the Dreyfus case made such a stir anywhere as it did in Kasrilevka.
Paris, they say, seethed like a boiling vat. The papers carried streamers, generals shot themselves, and small boys ran…
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Sholem Aleichem
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Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)
Date:
1902
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[These are the wor]ds of one Ahiqar, a wise and skillful scribe, which he taught his son. N[ow he did not have offspring of his own, but] he said, “I shall nevertheless have a son!” Prior…
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Fifth Century BCE
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Because of an error on the part of the graphic artist, the map of the world was printed without Switzerland. The country was swallowed up in the mauve of France, the blue of Germany, the Italian…
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Dror Burstein
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Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
2004
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—I quite agree, sir. It was done a bit cavalierly and without a proper security check, because he had become known to everyone throughout the autumn months of the advance on Jerusalem. Which is why it…
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A. B. Yehoshua
Places:
Haifa, Israel
Date:
1990