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On my way home from school I listen to a chapter of A Passage to India. It seems to be getting more interesting as we get into Part 2.

Then, I take a walk with Luthien and listen to Manhattan Transfer. I‘m struggling to stay engaged with this one. There‘s a lot of jumping from character to character, and it‘s tough to keep track of them all. Sometimes I completely lose the thread and have to backtrack, but the setting of New York is ever present.

Impressive the way the book is written: a style that for being written a century ago is very impressive...but not very easy to get through the end. All these stories crossing each other back and forth make New Your look like a little village where everybody knows everybody, rich and poor and despised. #2020

Written in 1925, translated in French in 1928, it still is as interesting and vibrant as it was then. New York shines through all the pages. Dark and light, how the richs live and how the poors die. How one survives and how your life becomes filled with shades of grey. #winterwonderland #theboxer

"I am leaving, I am leaving"
“But the fighter still remains, mmm mmm“

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1. Red
2. Season 4 of Bosch
3. Tagged book! Manhattan Transfer was my senior seminar in college.
4. Cheese, pickles, lettuce, tomato, onions. DOUBLE PATTY THO.
5. Work, work, work, little bit of video games.

I'm not a classics purist. Far from it but these two are so much more than classics to me. They are interesting, vibrant portraits of early 20th century New York that we can related to. Time moves on but people and society change slowly. #emojinov #💋

This is the story of New York City. Some persons are playing a role in its story, but most of all it is about the city becoming a major one. People from all over the world arrive by boat in search of a better life. Some succeed, the ones who see and grab opportunities, some don't.
I got the picture halfway through and have to admit I only skimmed the second half. #1001books Picture: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

It reads like a movie but the good kind. It doesn't really have a plot instead it follows the lives of a few characters throughout the years in early 1900, through WW1 and right before the 1929 crash but you can feel it coming. New York shines through all the pages. Dark and light, how the richs live and how the poors die. How one survives and how your life becomes filled with shades of grey. #newyorkfiction #marchintoreading #5⭐️

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