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The joy and laughter and youth they brought was an antidote to the somberness enveloping his flat, the hours when he felt the very walls and ceilings were encrusted with the distress of of unhappy decades
The joy and laughter and youth they brought was an antidote to the somberness enveloping his flat, the hours when he felt the very walls and ceilings were encrusted with the distress of of unhappy decades
Approximate author period: c. 1952 AD · modern
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- Rohinton Mistry
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- Approximate author period: c. 1952 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Rohinton Mistry: documented birth year 1952; activity date not established. Wikidata Q732338, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q732338 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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