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9 months, 2 weeks ago

he was at a bad age for dangerous antics project/stunt-story

Gabriel supposed that Dieter was right, in a way. Certainly, he was at a bad age for dangerous antics. It was time for younger men to take their turn at jumping off moving vehicles, diving into ice-cold streams, and dodging blank shot; nor had he reached that time of life when he could die blessing…

—p.187 Paris Stories Baum, Gabriel, 1935–( ) (171) by Mavis Gallant
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twelve Jews to be run over by a locomotive project/stunt-story

Dieter heard that a thirteen-hour television project about the Occupation was to be launched in the spring; he had seen the outline.

He said, “For the moment they just need a few people to be deported and to jump off the train.”

Some old-timers heard Dieter say, “They want to deport the Poles…

—p.185 Baum, Gabriel, 1935–( ) (171) by Mavis Gallant
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La Méduse changed hands

Gabriel had noticed lately that he was not seeing Paris as it was but the way it had stayed in his mind; he still saw butchers and grocers and pastry shops, when in reality they had become garages and banks. There was a new smell in the air now, metallic and hot. He was changing too. Hunger was dra…

—p.184 Baum, Gabriel, 1935–( ) (171) by Mavis Gallant
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he had acquired a variety of victim experiences project/stunt-story

“That sign was the end of life as we knew it in the sixties,” said Dieter Pohl. He was a colonel now, and as fussy as a monarch at a review about a badge misplaced or a button undone. Gabriel had no equivalent staircase to climb; who ever has heard of a victim's being promoted? Still, he had acquir…

—p.182 Baum, Gabriel, 1935–( ) (171) by Mavis Gallant
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sixty-five is your next step project/stunt-story

Until he could no longer write letters, Gabriel's uncle nagged him with useless advice. Most of it was about money. Owing to Gabriel's inability to produce his father's marriage certificate (in fact, he never tried), his uncle could not in all conscience leave him Baum possessions. It was up to Gab…

—p.177 Baum, Gabriel, 1935–( ) (171) by Mavis Gallant