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From The New Yorker
CINDERELLA SCHOOL
by LARA VAPNYAR
Issue of 2006-05-22
Posted 2006-05-15

... He asked if I had seen "Red" and "Blue."

"Yes, I’ve seen them," I said.

"Who is more beautiful, Juliette Binoche or Irène Jacob?"

I turned my head to the right, then to the left.

"Juliette Binoche," I said.

"Why?"

"Because Irène Jacob is pure soul. Pure soul cannot be beautiful."

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