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Possessions

by Julia Kristeva · 1996 · 256 pages

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This sequel to Kristeva's celebrated allegory The Old Man and the Wolves returns to the corrupt, seaside resort of a mythical town, where the boundaries between East and West, civilization and barbarism, and good and evil are erased.

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Setting
1990seastern europe
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 256 pages

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