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“Tous mes rapports avec les gens étaient faussés, après tout, eux aussi étaient des gens «de la rue», quelle différence? [All my relationships with people were fake, after all, they too were 'people in the street', what's the difference?]”

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Le Pavillon des enfants fous

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