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Not a Novel: A Memoir in Pieces
by Jenny Erpenbeck
May 3, 2025 - May 5, 2025 (essay-collections)

Erpenbeck, J. (2020). Not a Novel: A Memoir in Pieces. New Directions.


New Directions, 2020. 186 pages. Paperback. 9780811229326

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(noun) a usually rhetorical break in the flow of …
p.96
a man can do as he wills, but not will as he wills
How free can we actually be, as individuals, even…
p.175
forming alliances with the corrupt elites of othe…
Seen from the West, the collapse of the Eastern B…
p.160
to notice the end of the world
A manor house in East Prussia, paid for by the mi…
p.153
the signs that someone is alive
[...] feeling and desire lead both characters to …
p.151
consumption is also a predatory process
When it comes to willing — or the formulation of …

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Preface

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LIFE

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John

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Hope

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Time

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SOCIETY

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