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[peachkabob]

more from everything is illuminated...

I walked to the Brod, without knowing why, and looked into my reflection in the water. I couldn't look away. What was the image that pulled me in after it? What was it that I loved? And then I recognized it. So simple. In the water I saw my father's face, and that face saw the face of its father, and so on, and

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[suri_the_cuckoo]

"our love was the affliction for which only our love was the cure..."

Oooh I love that too! So true!

[gingerrose]

Ahhh I love Everything is Illuminated!! Foer's other book, which I can't remember the name of right now, is equally astounding. I haven't even finished it yet (I'm reading it in a Barnes & Noble close to my work), but it's hard to put it down because it's so quirky and excellent. :-D

[normalforce]

Rosh Hashanah is coming up in a week. You should go to services. It's the Jewish new year. I bet you'd enjoy it. :) I still haven't seen Everything is Illuminated but it does look good. I'll have to rent it sometime.

Are you still in St Mary's? This is my last semester in NOLA. I'm applying to jobs up north (ie Maryland and anywhere north of the Mason-Dixon Line, including Canada). I hope the field of public health is kind to me and I'll be able to find a job sooner rather than later!

Big hugs, Raphaelle