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Moon Palace Library - Introduction

Hello everyone,

If you're reading this, that means that you've entered an era of your life in which you're studying Moon Palace, Paul Auster's book. However, you're not in a random Moon Palace place here, you are located in Moon Palace Library, a place where you'll find knowledge, secrets, lessons, dialogues, and even answers to your questions which will help you dig more into Paul Auster's work. 

We hope you'll learn a lot throughout your experience and remember, shhh, we're in a library! 







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  1. E.MichauxDecember 6, 2020 at 12:44 PM

    Amazing adventure for you guys! Congratulations to you and your teacher! Enjoy your journey to the "Moon" and thank you for letting us entering your library! ;-)

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    1. Mrs BowleyDecember 7, 2020 at 10:00 AM


      Thank you Mrs Michaux for sharing our adventure and remaining faithful to our group of LLCE! Very pleased with the creation of this blog and very proud of our bloggers who are doing a great job!

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  2. UnknownJanuary 24, 2021 at 12:35 AM

    I am amazed by the quality of this blog and your work. Thank you for sharing this with us. Congratulations guys !
    From Ainhoa.

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