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Two Stories
Fashion is out of structuralism by Helen DeWitt

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Fashion is out of structuralism by Helen DeWitt

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View terms by Helen DeWitt (5)
p.65
demotic »
(adjective) of, relating to, or written in a simp…
p.141
declension »
(noun) a falling off or away; deterioration / (no…
p.231
supererogation »
(noun) the act of performing more than is require…
p.405
pusillanimity »
(noun) the quality or state of being pusillanimou…
p.421
frisson »
(noun) a brief moment of emotional excitement; sh…
View notes by Helen DeWitt (38)
when played 40 times in a row
Buddy had wanted to be an opera singer and was an accountan…
her 41st consecutive rendition
In the front room was a 17-year-old girl with fierce black …
I had taught myself German
Es ist wirklich Brach- und Neufeld, welches der Verfasser m…
excited to be getting its first motel
Say you grow up in the type of place that is excited to be …
let’s go in search of fried chicken
I decided against a film. I thought: Let’s go in search of …
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there are so many things that have never been done
David had this entirely different sensibility. He loves gra…
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goes out and sells vacuum cleaners
The funny thing about it was that at the time he felt reall…
twenty fucking pieces of pumpkin fucking pie
Joe lay with his head on his arm. His hand, he realized, wa…
a guy who was born to sell vacuum cleaners
There are guys who can persuade someone they want a new vac…
you can always shoot yourself
What he thought was: I don’t know if I have what it takes o…
reading memos on sexual harassment
One of the mistakes that Joe made in the beginning was to a…