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Henry prizes and has been anthologized in the best american short stories, the anchor book of new american short stories, and the scribner anthology of contemporary fiction. Weeks go by when jutta does not allow herself to think of the war, of frau elena, of. He is also the author of two story collections memory wall and the shell collector, the novel. Doerrs gorgeous combination of soaring imagination with observation is electric.
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