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Essay Topic 1

Does the epigraph from Pessoa connect to the novel? If so, how so? If not, what purpose might it serve, and how might it serve it?

Essay Topic 2

Of note is that the date on which the events of the framing narrative fall occurs on a Sunday. What implications does the day of the week have for the narrative, and how are they borne out?

Essay Topic 3

Consider the following passage:

He likes the mingled odor of cigarettes and sweat and minty shampoo. He can’t catch the scent of much, but he can smell her. Young women, their scent is different and better than that of middle-aged and older women. It’s as if desire and longing for desire have distinct and different odors. When Emma leans down in the morning to kiss his cheek before leaving for their production company office downtown, he inhales...

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