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Death is the dark backing a mirror needs if we are to see anything

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Saul Bellow
Age: 89 †
Born: 1915
Born: June 10
Died: 2005
Died: April 5
Author
Essayist
Novelist
University Teacher
Writer
Solomon Bellows
Death
Anything
Needs
Backing
Ministry
Mirror
Mirrors
Dark

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