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Alison Lurie [1926-0] American
Rank: 110
Novelist


Alison Lurie is an American novelist and academic. She won the Pulitzer Prize for her 1984 novel Foreign Affairs. Although better known as a novelist, she has also written numerous non-fiction books and articles, particularly on children's literature and the semiotics of dress.


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There is a peculiar burning odor in the room, like explosives. the kitchen fills with smoke and the hot, sweet, ashy smell of scorched cookies. The war has begun.
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We can lie in the language of dress or try to tell the truth; but unless we are naked and bald, it is impossible to be silent.
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As one went to Europe to see the living past, so one must visit Southern California to observe the future.
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