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Making love to Aurelia was like rummaging through a card catalog in a deserted library, searching for one very obscure, little-read entry on Hungarian poetry.

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Marisha Pessl
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: October 26
Writer
Clarkston
Michigan
Love
Obscure
Rummaging
Like
Cards
Hungarian
Library
Hungarians
Poetry
Catalog
Read
Deserted
Making
Entry
Littles
Card
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