Flowers of Grass Lithuania “Barth is a comic genius

“Barth is a comic genius of the highest order

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Flowers of Grass Lithuania “Barth is a comic geniusOutside Tokyo, a tuberculosis sanatorium in the village of K has a six bed ward that the narrator, an aspiring poet, shares with a student of linguistics and budding writer named Shiomi . . . Outside Tokyo, a tuberculosis sanatorium in the village of K has a six bed ward that the narrator, an aspiring poet, shares with a student of linguistics and budding writer named Shiomi. After the stubborn Shiomi insists on undergoing a dangerous surgical