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• Smoke and Other Early Stories, by Djuna Barnes (1982)
  • “The Jest of Jests” (1917)

About the book

• Virago Modern Classics, 1985, 184 p.
• First published as a collection in 1982. Stories first published in 1917.
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• My rating: 3,5 stars

‘Billy,’ she said, and her voice was cold and practical, ‘I couldn’t ever boil potatoes over the heat of your affection.’

– Djuna Barnes, Smoke and Other Early Stories