leper
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The character in "New Test Leper" is suggesting that he/she is not a fan of Jesus, but a fan of Jesus' idea.
From Salon • Nov. 27, 2021
Both her debut collection, “How to Escape From a Leper Colony,” and her subsequent novel, “Land of Love and Drowning,” dived deep into the Caribbean Sea, leaving us magnificently unmoored amid the U.S.
From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2021
Tiphanie Yanique’s short-story collection, “How To Escape from a Leper Colony,” was published in 2010, and the author was included in the National Book Foundation’s “5 Under 35” list that year.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 1, 2014
It also means that, when you step out of the Leper Chapel into the snowy gloom, reality is suspended for that much longer.
From The Guardian • Feb. 5, 2013
Taken by surprise, Leper looked up in anguish, shrank away from the ball, and voiced his first thought, a typical one.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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