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hermetic

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30. This sounds really amazing

Sun Mar 11, 2018, 07:02 PM

Mar 2018

A sweeping novel of art theft, anti-Semitism, contemporary Cuba, and crime. Leonardo Padura takes us from the tenements and beaches of Cuba to Rembrandt’s gloomy studio in seventeenth-century Amsterdam, telling the story of people forced to choose between the tenets of their faith and the realities of the world, between their personal desires and the demands of their times. A grand detective story and a moving historical drama, Padura’s novel is as compelling, mysterious, and enduring as the painting at its center.

Historic, yet timely. Thanks.

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What are you reading this week of March 11, 2018? [View all] hermetic Mar 2018 OP

"The Hobbit" shenmue Mar 2018 #1

Cool hermetic Mar 2018 #5

Awwwww....I cried too and for the same reason. I figured it was just me....:) dameatball Mar 2018 #15

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Thought your reply was a spoiler? hermetic Mar 2018 #19

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Wow! thanks! femmocrat Mar 2018 #38

Me, too. I couldn't put it down. Ohiogal Mar 2018 #31

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Pretty much hermetic Mar 2018 #21

Most definitely TEB Mar 2018 #27

A truly great story hermetic Mar 2018 #11

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That's the one. Thyla Mar 2018 #18

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Thanks, I will correct it. iamateacher Mar 2018 #23

I've gotta look for that one! PennyK Mar 2018 #44

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I like the sound of this hermetic Mar 2018 #28

Thanks. LisaM Mar 2018 #35

S'okay hermetic Mar 2018 #39

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This sounds really amazing hermetic Mar 2018 #30

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