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This exchange happens near the beginning of The Stone Door, Leonora Carrington’s metaphysical novel of the Second World War, in a dream of her nameless narrator.
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Celia Bell
july 22, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
It is named after the Second World War's Battle of Midway in 1942 between U.S. and Japanese naval forces in the Pacific.
—Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
Clark’s narrative begins in 1996, but her characters’ entanglement develops under the long shadow of the Second World War, during which their grandfathers fought on opposing sides.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
Relations with France during the Second World War, as well as the Cold War, provide a dramatic contrast.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 15 July 2025
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Celia Bell
july 22, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
It is named after the Second World War's Battle of Midway in 1942 between U.S. and Japanese naval forces in the Pacific.
—Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
Clark’s narrative begins in 1996, but her characters’ entanglement develops under the long shadow of the Second World War, during which their grandfathers fought on opposing sides.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
Relations with France during the Second World War, as well as the Cold War, provide a dramatic contrast.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 15 July 2025
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“Second World War.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Second%20World%20War. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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