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Kristin Lavransdatter (1920-1922),
Sigrid Undset interweaves political, social, and religious history with the daily aspects of family life to create a colorful, richly detailed tapestry of Norway during the fourteenth-century. The trilogy, however, is more than a journey into the past. Undset's own life-her familiarity with Norse sagas and folklore and with a wide range of medieval literature, her experiences as a daughter, wife, and mother, and her deep religious faith-profoundly influenced her writing. Her grasp of the connections between past and present and of human nature itself, combined with the extraordinary quality of her writing, sets her works far above the genre of "historical novels." This new translation by Tina Nunnally-the first English version since Charles Archer's translation in the 1920s-captures Undset's strengths as a stylist. Nunnally, an award-winning translator, retains the natural dialog and lyrical flow of the original Norwegian, with its echoes of Old Norse legends, while deftly avoiding the stilted language and false archaisms of Archer's translation. In addition, she restores key passages left out of that edition.
Undset's ability to present a meticulously accurate historical portrait without sacrificing the poetry and narrative drive of masterful storytelling was particularly significant in her homeland. Granted independence in 1905 after five hundred years of foreign domination, Norway was eager to reclaim its national history and culture.
Kristin Lavransdatter became a touchstone for Undset's contemporaries, and continues to be widely read by Norwegians today. In the more than 75 years since it was first published, it has also become a favorite throughout the world.
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A Medieval Fairy Tale, but a modern story. .......2007-06-12
The story takes place in fourteenth-century Norway and is essentially about a young girl's journey into womanhood. Kristin Lavransdatter is a young maiden from a close, well-to-do family who falls head-over-heals in love with an impetuous, young man (Erlend Nikulausson) with a tainted reputation. And rightfully so, for Erlend, like so many young men of his age, is a major screw-up, for a lack of a better definition. To complicate matters even more, Kristin is already engaged (in an arranged marriage) to a most prim and proper young man by the name of Simon. Obviously, Kristin's parents and family wish her to obey them and marry Mr. Nice Guy (Simon). However, like so many young, impressionable women, she goes gaga over the bad boy with the great looks and charismatic appeal. Ergo, when she finally does make her choice - all hell breaks loose.
I enjoyed the novel. It was a bit slow at times, and I wish that Undset would develope her characters a little more, but overall it was a very pleasurable read. I definitely would never go so far as to label this one a 'Harlequin Romance'. It is beautifully written and very nicely translated by Tiina Nunnally (yes, that is how Tiina spells her name). I am interested in reading the next two books of this medieval triology - ("The Wife" and "The Cross") mainly because I want to see if this marriage truly does work out. I am not so sure at the moment, because there is no denying that Erlend is a bit of a cad and it is too early to tell if Kristin is truly in love or lust. If I had to guess, I would go with the former, however, even if that is the case, both of these young people ended up hurting quite a few others along the way while carrying out their secret tryst. And we all know about KARMA and how it has a way of sooner or later rearing it's ugly head.
I have never been a big fan of novels written about the medieval times, so I knew beforehand that this novel might be a bit of a challenge for a guy like me. However, I was pleasantly suprised and like I said, I will be definitely picking up the second book of the trilogy "The Wife" to see just what happens next in this epic, Norweigan soap opera. If your are a fan of love stories and/or medieval tales, than odds are you will enjoy this classic. There is a reason why the author Undset won a Nobel Prize (among countless other awards) and also why so many critics loved this trilogy. This novel is very well constructed and there is no doubt one can relate with a story that is just as relevant and prevalent today as it was seven hundred years ago. Like the old Paul Anka song goes "and they called it, puppy loooooooooove..." I know, I know, I can't stand that song either, but it's the first song that comes to mind when describing this story.
Hope you enjoy it!
couldn't put the book down!.......2007-04-28
Wonderful book. Worth the read. Hardest part of the book is deciphering the names and following the family lineage.
Harlequin Romance/Historical Fiction.......2006-12-24
Kristin Lavransdatter misses being Clan of the Cave Bear by that much. Ayla is a Chronic Victim. Kristin Lavransdatter born today would be every litigant on Judge Judy who lent thousands of dollars to Deadbeat Men they Really Loved Because They Were Soulmates.
What makes this book such a unique outrage is that it otherwise would have been a fascinating window on Medieval Norway; unfortunately, Sigrid Undset decided to make her main character a total ninny, while having the other characters react to her as if she were some kind of paragon. Other than Erland and Kristin, the other characters are actually likeable people. Well, except for the tiresome and tedious, self-pitying mother. So the effect is this anachronistic duo fouling the strong mead of Medieval Norway with the 40-ounce malt beverage that is them. When the other characters go on about Kristin, we don't believe them, and it only adds insult to injury.
I mean, under the circumstances, must we hear, "She has wise eyes, this daughter of yours..." ?
Note to Sigrid Undset (which she can't read, because she's dead, which is a mixed blessing because at least it means she can't write any other books. Happy Times in Norway was excruciating, too.):If a character is going to be a totally self-destructive idiot, then in order to remain sympathetic, the character needs to have some kind of motivation that resonates with us, and gives us the sense that, if this character had been born in another place and time, there might actually have been a way out for her. So, in Anna Karenina's case, she was married off to a man she doesn't love, and in Emma Bovary's case, we get the sense that things would have turned out a bit better for her had she been given some kind of intellectual outlet and a purpose in life. (And we also know in advance that Gustave Flaubert personally hated everyone in the human race, so we can forgive her for being painted in such a harsh light by the creator who hated her so deeply). This is the actual definition of Tragedy. The character must act consistent with her nature, and events twist those actions into something horrible, and the events are inexorable.
In Kristin's case, there is no such motivation. And there is no logic. If she could defy everyone to run off with Erland, then why couldn't she have defied everyone to marry Arne Gyrdson in the first place? As for the new translation, I'm glad the double-wide trailer has a better coat of paint.
Much ado about Nunnally.......2006-12-21
I love Undset, but know nothing about Norwegian. I, too, like some of the other reviewers here, was at first disappointed with the modernized translation of Nunnally--until I was told that in fact Undset wrote in contemporary, not mediaeval, Norwegian. The subject matter is mediaeval; the language is supposed to be 20th century. The Elizabethanized language of the previous translation is really a tic of the translator, not something called for by the Norwegian original. (Some of the other reviewers here objected that Vol. II is entitled by Nunnally "The Wife" rather than, as in Archer's, "The Mistress of Husaby." But you will see that the Norwegian title is "Husfrue," as in the German "Hausfrau," or "Housewife." "Wife" is therefore in fact the proper translation.) I have it on good authority from someone who knows Scandinavian languages that Nunnally's translation is superb.
Another merit of Nunnally is that she restores quite a bit of text that had been bowdlerized by Archer. Check out the difference, to cite just one example that I have noticed, between the way Nunnally and Archer portray the key scene when Erlend takes Kristin's maidenhood:
Nunnally: "Kristin was trembling--she thought it was because her heart was pounding so hard--and her hands were clammy and cold. When he kissed the bare skin above her knee, she tried powerlessly to push him away. Erlend raised his face for a moment, and she was suddenly reminded of a man who had once been given food at the convent--he had kissed the bread they handed to him. She sank back into the hay with open arms and let Erlend do as he liked" (p. 145).
Archer: "Kristin shook--it must be because her heart beat so--her hands were cold and clammy. As he kissed her vehemently she weakly tried to push him from her. Erlend lifted his face a moment--she thought of a man who had been given food at the convent one day--he had kissed the bread they gave him. She sank back upon the hay...." (p. 129).
The two are pretty close where Archer actually gives you the text, but he prudishly leaves out some key stuff (I'm assuming Nunnally is not putting anything in that's not there in the original). The ellipses there at the end of the Archer translation are his own, and you find them throughout the text just at the, um, interesting parts. With both translations given above, something is left to the imagination, as Undset surely wanted it, but with Archer's, you are missing text! Undset expected her readers to be perceptive, not prophetic. And this is a pivotal moment in the plot, when just the right measure is needed. Readers of Archer's translation have to wonder why, in the next chapter, Kristin keeps feeling her belly and thinking she must be carrying Erlend's child, until they go back to the ellipses and realize what the translator must have omitted. This is the only clear example of Archer's censoring I've come across, but I am told there are plenty more.
A splendid novel finally gets a splendid translation.......2006-09-16
I first discovered Kristin when I was fifteen, in Charles Archer's gummy, faux-Howard Pyle translation (it's also Bowdlerized) While I loved the story, I knew that this couldn't be the way Sigrid Undset wrote it. She was a scholar of the sagas, and their language is plain and direct, not lifted from some Errol Flynn movie.
Thank you, Tiina Nunnally, for giving us the real deal. The stark, direct translation suits the story. This is not a romance novel. This is a story about real people, real passion, and real disappointment and heartache. Even though Kristin gets the guy, she's going to find that 'having is not so pleasing a thing as wanting'. It's been a long wait, but Kristin and her life story finally have their real voice in English.
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Kristin Lavransdatter I: The Bridal Wreath
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First in the Kristen Lavransdatter trilogy. Hers is a great story of a woman's passion, sin and nobility, set against the color, the earthiness and the violence of medieval Norway.
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An Unexpected Inheritance!
When Henrietta was left a house in a Dutch village, she decided to make her home there, and settled happily into her new abode. She thought she would like everything about Holland -- except Marnix van Hessel. As "lord of the manor," he behaved as if it were still the Middle Ages! Why couldn't he just marry his fiancée and leave Henrietta in peace?
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A Nice Neels Tale With a Castle ...........2006-11-30
Book Description: An Unexpected Inheritance! When Henrietta was left a house in a Dutch village, she decided to make her home there, and settled happily into her new abode. She thought she would like everything about Holland -- except Marnix van Hessel. As "lord of the manor," he behaved as if it were still the Middle Ages! Why couldn't he just marry his fiancée and leave Henrietta in peace?
This is another nice Dutch Doctor/British Nurse story. I enjoyed the story, but did not enjoy Henrietta's character as much as some of Neels' other heroines. Marnix, the castle, scenic descriptions, etc. made up for it making it enjoyable.
Henrietta's Own Castle.......2006-02-02
I love Betty Neel's books!! You may know how they are going to end, most end the same, but this one was a good read and i'm sure i'll read it over and over. Neels has a way of making me root for the couple regardless of how i feel bout the hero, hahaha. ENJOY!
Cozy Romance.......2006-01-25
It's always great to stumble across a Betty Neels' book that I missed before. Her name on the cover, guarantees a cozy romance, usually with an English nurse and a Dutch doctor.
This one runs true to pattern, with Nurse Henrietta moving to Holland when she inherits a small house from an aunt. She finds the village friendly and quickly becomes comfortable there with her cat despite having limited funds. The one drawback seems to be continuing conflict with the Dutch doctor living close by in a castle. She alternates between silent fuming and giving him a piece of her mind. Realizing that she's fallen in love with this difficult man, Henrietta struggles with her feelings and also with the two-faced young lady that seems to have already ensnared the doctor.
The daily details of the weather, the meals, the furnishings, and their meetings may seem prosaic, but somehow Neels makes the reader care about the lives of her characters. Once again, she succeeds in this.
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This is a collection of three stories first put out by Harlequin Romance. The stories, with author and the ISBN from a previous edition are: The House in the Foothills (Mons Daveson, ISBN 0373014155); The Short Engagement (Marjorie Lewty, ISBN 0708912133 [from Large Print version]); Henrietta's Own Castle (Betty Neels, ISBN 037383389X). Story description of "The House in the Foothills": - When Laurie returns to her home town to teach, the first person she met was Brad Somers, who was introduced to her as "our school committee's fairy godfather". It was not long before she knew she would like a much closer relationship with him than godfather!
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Green Mars (Mars Trilogy)
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Kim Stanley Robinson has earned a reputation as the master of Mars fiction, writing books that are scientific, sociological and, best yet, fantastic.
Green Mars continues the story of humans settling the planet in a process called "terraforming." In Red Mars, the initial work in the trilogy, the first 100 scientists chosen to explore the planet disintegrated in disagreement--in part because of pressures from forces on Earth. Some of the scientists formed a loose network underground.
Green Mars, which won the 1994 Hugo Award, follows the development of the underground and the problems endemic to forming a new society.
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Nearly a generation has passed since the first pioneers landed, but the transformation of Mars to an Earthlike planet has just begun The plan is opposed by those determined to preserve the planets hostile, barren beauty. Led by rebels like Peter Clayborne, these young people are the first generation of children born on Mars. They will be joined by original settlers Maya Toitovna, Simon Frasier, and Sax Russell. Against this cosmic backdrop, passions, rivalries, and friendships explode in a story as spectacular as the planet itself.
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In the 1993 Nebula Award-winning Red Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson began his critically acclaimed epic saga of the colonization of Mars. Now the 1994 Hugo Award-winning Green Mars continues the thrilling and timeless tale of humanity’s struggle to survive at its farthest frontier.
Nearly a generation has passed since the first pioneers landed, but the transformation of Mars to an Earthlike planet has just begun. The plan is opposed by those determined to preserve the planet’s hostile, barren beauty. Led by rebels like Peter Clayborne, these young people are the first generation of children born on Mars. They will be joined by original settlers Maya Toitovna, Simon Frasier, and Sax Russell.
Against this cosmic backdrop, passions, rivalries, and friendships explode in a story as spectacular as the planet itself.
“Robinson’s is one of the most impressive bodies of work in modern science fiction.”
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“Yet another masterpiece.... I can’t imagine anybody else staking out any portion of this immemorial dreamscape with the same elegant detail and thoroughness. It’s [Kim Stanley Robinson’s] now, and for a long time to come.”
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“One of the major sagas of the [latest] generation in science fiction.”
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Not Free SF Reader.......2007-09-03
Quite a few years have passed since Red Mars, and a new generation of people have grown up, having lived only on Mars. This young Martians form the backbone of a resistance movement to the current development of Mars, wanting to do the whole areoforming thing their own way.
The youth are joined by some of the leading lights of the First Hundred that are still alive. Old age is not a problem for them, but they have been hunted by those who want them out of the picture.
Another classic.......2007-05-31
I'm not sure I liked it quite as much as Red Mars, but it's still amazing. It's just a totally immersive, thought-provoking work of tremendous detail. It's definitely not escapist or super-being type of sf. I enjoy those two, but this isn't it. It's unsettling, brutal... it's a very 'hard sf' kind of book.
Allow me to address the complaints with this book:
1) Too long/boring: This is ridiculous. Every page contributes to the book. The pacing is rapid compared to what the characters experience. If you find yourself bored, or that it's going on too long, consider the characters. Perhaps Robinson wanted you to feel a little of their conflict. Personally, I was riveted, even at the parts with less action and more dialogue. See, I like books. I enjoy reading. 600 pages weren't a chore, they were a treat. I think people making this complaint would be better served reading novelizations of Star Wars or other action-packed space opera tripe. This one is for serious readers. Don't order espresso if what you really wanted was weak tea.
2) Political propoganda: This one actually cracks me up. See, whatever your political viewpoint, there are characters in the book who would sympathize with you. Unfortunately for our more myopic critics here, that means there will also be characters who disagree with you. They disagree with each other, too. See, it's like real life, with many different people and viewpoints. If you want your literature scubbed clean and sanitized of characters who might not vote the way you do, you are a sad, sad person and I feel sorry for you. The fact is, the characters in this book are trying to come up with a new way for human economics, politics, and even social structures to function. Because, like it or not, humans have not yet found a perfect method. Even capitalism has serious flaws, though I, personally, would tend toward it as a general rule. That's just me though. Are some of their ideas socialist? Yup. ARe some capitalist? You bet. Are ANY of their ideas original in the history of human administration? I didn't think so, but that's one of the themes throughout this whole series: can humans do anything original, or are they doomed to repeat themselves in perpetuity? And yes, a theme can be a question, the best ones are. It's not a love letter to either Adam Smith OR Karl Marx. It's just exploring the grey areas with some very well-developed characters and well-researcged fiction.
The only legitimate complaint I can think of is the prose, which, like Red Mars, was a bit stiff. A lot of sf writers appear to be scientists or researchers first, poets second. Fans of the genre don't expect Faulknerian prose (though Delany and some others are fine). The plot, characterization, themes, subtext, even the much-beleaguered pacing are masterful. not to mention the unbelievable research. I read a lot of sf, so the less-than-poetic prose didn't hinder my enjoyment.
To summarize, this book is for serious readers of sf, not Saturday Matinee junkies. It is also not for myopic goose-steppers of any ideology.
The worst propaganist BS I've ever read!.......2007-04-09
I hated "Green Mars"! This book is easily one of the worst pieces of tripe I've ever read. "Red Mars" was a decent book and I had high hopes that "Green Mars" would be equally good or better, but boy-oh-boy was I wrong. Where to start? First it was boring and tedious. "Red Mars" at least kept a half-way decent pace, with imporant or interesting events happening every couple of chapters or so. I can scarely think of one in the whole of "Green Mars". Instead of focusing on the sorts of interesting happenings taking place on a planet in the process of being terraformed, Robinson instead used this book as a soap-box for enviromentalism and anti-capitalist crap. It consisted of people that were either anti-terraforming (that seems to be totally insane to me), communists (or socialists, or eco-socialists or whatever), or people with any other number of weird political stances. I got half-way through and simply threw my hands up in disgust. Never touch this book!
Unbelievable tedious, boring.......2006-10-31
I love epics, so I plodded through this trilogy, hoping it would get better, but it never did. I could sense that Robinson was extremely proud of the detailed world he created, but the story is horrible. The story unfolds glacially, with no sense of movement. Just when you think you might be getting attached to a character, he/she dies. Interesting story lines get dropped. There are long, long stretches where Robinson just describes everyday life, in excruciating, boring detail. There is no excitement or suspense, no character that grabs you. It's like some dull person's real life, full of routine, disappointment, and boredom. Robinson's typical character has a dream, begins to pursue it, getting you inspired, then gets killed or just gives up and joins the cause he was fighting.
This was the worst science fiction I have ever read. I can't believe I read all three books.
Classic science fiction in the best tradition.......2006-10-15
The best science fiction uses speculation about science to accomplish the projection of us as humans into worlds and situations outside of the everyday, to test and propose how we would act and react in such a situation. In other words, it's about people, albeit in the context of space, aliens, time travel, technology, etc. The best works of Asimov, Heinlein, Bradbury, etc are all science fiction, but even more they are great works of fiction.
Robinson's Mars trilogy are in that tradition, and compare well to those classics. They provide not only a realistic (enough) projection of science and technology, but more importantly are about how we as people might behave under those circumstances. They are about not only science but also history, sociology, biology, geology, psychology, along with economics and politics.
They are not just whiz-bang shoot-em-up rocket chases, but rather gripping human stories of how people can scratch out a living in a harsh environment, and learn to grow both as people and as a community. Robinson's technique of telling each major chapter from the point of view of a different character gives depth to each point of view, while maintaining the plot thread weaving it all together.
These are books that will drag you into their world and make you think, as well as be entertained. And possibly learn how to skim ahead through the long, detailed descriptions of the landscapes after the first few.
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A Meeting With Medusa/Green Mars (Special Double Release)
Kim Stanley Robinson , and
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After the success of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Clarke became perhaps the best known living Sci-Fi writer in the world. Using his inherent sense of humor and personal flair for adventure, Clarke combines the worlds of science and literature. The three award-winning stories in this volume take the listener into the realms of space adventure, science fantasy, and interstellar irony. Also contains The Star and The 9 Billion Names of God.
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Abu Kassim's Slippers; An Arabian Tale Retold
Nancy Green
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A great international bestseller, the book in which, on the eve of the millennium, Pope John Paul II brings to an accessible level the profoundest theological concerns of our lives. He goes to the heart of his personal beliefs and speaks with passion about the existence of God; about the dignity of man; about pain, suffering, and evil; about eternal life and the meaning of salvation; about hope; about the relationship of Christianity to other faits and that of Catholicism to other branches of the Christian faith.With the humility and generosity of spirit for which he is known, John Paul II speaks directly and forthrightly to all people. His message: Be not afraid!
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Powerful!.......2007-07-20
A monumental work for humanity and Salvation. Pope John Paul II answers the questions of an Italian journalist with alacrity and succinctness. He carefully expresses his opinions that lifts the shadows off the Truth, revealing it with philosophical expertise.
The Holy Spirit was surely using Pope John Paul II to spread the message of Jesus Christ and answer many of the questions that Christians and secularists may have concerning God, life and religion.
A major work of Faith defining the Catholic Church and Christianity as a whole. The Pope shows his superior intellect at work. Great book!
God Bless JPII.......2007-01-10
I have to say that I had much inspiration from this book. Not because I like JPII (RIP), but because of the way he approached religion and society. Every person has his own way of looking at the world, and it is illuminating to read what the leader of the Catholic Church has to say.
Shows the convictions of the former pope during his life time.......2007-01-09
Many people believe that the former pope stood for the Word of God. If you read the book and honestly compare it's content with what the Bible says, you will find, that this was not true. Otherwise the book is a waist of time and it will be better spend if you read the Bible itself.
Theology Made Easy.......2007-01-07
In this book, John Paul II has made a great effort to answer as efficiently all the questions presented in the book. Many of the theological concepts are explained in a simple fashion so that the average Catholic can easily understand the meaning of his words. If one has a good chunk of questions relating to the Church then this book is definitely worth being sought out.
EXCELLENT!.......2006-08-31
Crossing the Threshold of Hope
by Pope John Paul II
THE BEST BOOK I EVER READ.
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El gran "best-seller" internacional, el libro con el cual el Papa Juan Pablo II trae a un nivel accesible las grandes inquietudes teologicas de nuestras vidas. Se adentra al corazon mismo de sus creencias personales y habla con pasion acerca de la existencia de Dios; la dignidad del hombre; el dolor, el sufrimiento y el mal; la vida eterna y el significado de la salvacion; y de la esperanze. Ademas, habla sobre la relacion entre la cristiandad y otras creencias religiosas, asi como la relacion entre el catolicismo con otras doctrinas de la fe cristiana. Con la humildad y generosidad de espiritu que le caracterizan, Juan Pablo II la habla directa y francamente a todo el mundo. (Translated from the Italian ed.)
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Crossing The Threshold Of Hope
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A great international bestseller, this is the book in which, on the eve of the millennium, Pope John Paul II brought to an accessible level the profoundest theological concerns of human lives. He goes to the heart of his personal beliefs & speaks with passion about the existence of God; about the dignity of man; about pain, suffering, & evil; about eternal life & the meaning of salvation; about hope; about the relationship of Christianity to other faiths & that of Catholicism to other branches of the Christian faith. With the humility & generosity of spirit for which he is known, John Paul II speaks directly & forthrightly to all people. His message: Be not afraid! Translated from the Italian edition by Jenny McPhee & Martha McPhee.
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