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In their silence they continued both to protect me and to punish me. The memory of that night was now the only tie between us, eclipsing everything else.
In their silence they continued both to protect me and to punish me. The memory of that night was now the only tie between us, eclipsing everything else.
Approximate author period: c. 1967 AD · modern
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- Jhumpa Lahiri
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- Approximate author period: c. 1967 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Jhumpa Lahiri: documented birth year 1967; activity date not established. Wikidata Q465208, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q465208 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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