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A.S. Byatt, on the tale of Scheherazade
Narrate or Die: Why Scheherazade keeps on talking by A.S. Byatt, the New York Times magazine The best story ever told? Perhaps the story of the two brothers, both kings, who found that their wives were unfaithful, took bloody vengeance, and … Continue reading
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Chinese brides reenact Jack Vettriano
Beautiful Me! Chinese wedding photography is a parade of excess and ambition, an elaborate and expensive rite of passage, and often more prized than the ceremony itself. by Corneliu Cazacu and Christina Larson, Financial Post, November 2, 2010 Walk into … Continue reading
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