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As the quartet’s secrets and longings come to light, so, too, do traumas of the Second World War and the restless, uncomfortable dynamics of a modern age in transition.
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Similar analyses, whether from Simone Weil or Aimé Césaire, ought to have discouraged a relaxed conscience among the victors of the Second World War and opened up a broader inquiry into the barbarism inherent in political and economic modernity.
—Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
Sections of the Hall successfully weathered the natural disaster and even survived a bombing raid during the Second World War.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 23 Nov. 2025
The longest flights were achieved by maps printed at the later stages of the Second World War, when the mass printing of maps was well underway, and paper shortages led to some paper maps being printed on little more than tissue paper.
—Literary Hub, 19 Nov. 2025
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Similar analyses, whether from Simone Weil or Aimé Césaire, ought to have discouraged a relaxed conscience among the victors of the Second World War and opened up a broader inquiry into the barbarism inherent in political and economic modernity.
—Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
Sections of the Hall successfully weathered the natural disaster and even survived a bombing raid during the Second World War.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 23 Nov. 2025
The longest flights were achieved by maps printed at the later stages of the Second World War, when the mass printing of maps was well underway, and paper shortages led to some paper maps being printed on little more than tissue paper.
—Literary Hub, 19 Nov. 2025
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“Second World War.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Second%20World%20War. Accessed 26 Nov. 2025.
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