John Williams · 1965
- What it is
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Slow and sad, in the good way · one to slow down with
- Genre
- Literary Classics
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The Remains of the Day
Kazuo Ishiguro · 1994
A reader shelved it with yours in Quiet novels where almost nothing happens
Sweet Bean Paste
Durian Sukegawa · 2024
One to slow down with · tender, with a sting
The Summer Book
Tove Jansson · 2000
One to slow down with · tender, with a sting
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Brideshead Revisited
Evelyn Waugh · 1946
Like coming home · lovely, but it stings
Normal People
Sally Rooney · 2018
Readers put them together in Literary fiction about everything left unsaid
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