The Post-Birthday World, Lionel Shriver classics & poetry romantic fable by one of

romantic fable by one of the twentieth century's master storytellers

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Set in seventeenth century Amsterdam—a city ruled by glittering wealth and oppressive religion—a masterful debut steeped in atmosphere and shimmering with mystery

Shakespeare creates powerful drama from a marriage between the exotic Moor Othello and the Venetian lady Desdemona that begins with elopement and mutual devotion and ends with jealous rage and death

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