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Иностранная литература №7 (2019) Америка
Колум Маккэнн, Чарльз Бернстин, Том Корагессан Бойл, Дэвид Фостер Уоллес, Энн Битти, Чарльз Буковски, Пол Теру, Джозеф Эпстайн, Джеймс Болдуин, Герман Мелвилл, Александр Пумпянский, Уолт Уитмен, Антон Стрельцов, Марина Ефимова
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(11)Июльский номер целиком посвящен литературе США и называется он «Америка: точка отсчета». Открывает номер повесть Колума Маккана «Тринадцать способов видеть». Среди бела дн...
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