Two girls who grow up to become women. Two friends who become something worse than enemies. In this brilliantly imagined novel, Toni Morrison tells the story of Nel Wright...
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Тонкий, атмосферный роман в духе Вирджинии Вулф, раскрывающий причуды памяти, природу любви и указывающий на хрупкость всего того, к чему мы, казалось бы, привыкли.
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