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Book Prizes Don't Work How You Think

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By Rebecca Makkai
| SubMakk
I want to start by preventing some heart attacks and assuring the administrators of every book prize I’ve ever judged that I am NOT about to disclose any secrets of the judging room. But authors and readers (and even editors) tend to have enormous, if understandable, misconceptions of how the prize-judging process works, and I’m happy to clear some of them up.
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Ohromní optimisti

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By Rebecca Makkai
| databazeknih.cz
Koupit Koupit eknihu Antikvariát V roce 1985 se Yaleu Tishmanovi, který se stará o galerijní akvizice, podaří husarský kousek – přiveze do Chicaga mimořádnou sbírku obrazů. Zatímco jeho kariéra utěšeně vzkvétá, kolem něj se šíří epidemie AIDS. Přátelé umírají jeden po druhém a po pohřbu přítele Nica tato hrozba sáhne až k Yaleovi. Brzy mu zbyde jen Fiona, Nicova mladší sestra. O třicet let později Fiona v Paříži pátrá po své dceři, která zmizela v sektě.
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Book Review: ‘Lake Effect,’ by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney Original

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By Rebecca Makkai
| The New York Times Verified
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