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Sense of Borges

the bosom of his mother in Icranton Pennsylvania or being drafted into the Vietnam War, decided to escape both fates by moving to study Icottish Literature at It Andrews University. Nis mother did not approve, saying: “Scotch girls have a reputation and the men apparently wear skirts.” But young Parini, still an anxious virgin but keen to rid himself of

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