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BarbaraFromCalifornia
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GenderFemale
IndustryLaw
OccupationNever-ending thinker
LocationUnited States
IntroductionI love a good discussion and debate.
InterestsMusic, writing, reading, Israel, art, museums Judaism, fragrances, cattle dogs, mental illness,, politics, book reviews, fragrances, fashion, tennis.
Favorite moviesThe Thorn Birds,Hitchcock, Strangers on a Train; Amores Perros;Heart is a Lonely Hunter, most Almadovar movies, Match point, an 'intelligent' x-rated movie, all movies by Julio Medem, especially Lovers of the Arctic Circle.
Favorite musicToo much to list. Mostly a lover of classical music, Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky, Mahler, Ades, Ravel, Schoenberg, etc., etc. For the first time, I am beginning to listen to non-classical music. Love Bjork, Norah Jones, am also a fan of Klezimer music (it is threaded to the soul, I guess.)Also, love Prince.
Favorite booksFranz Kafka's The Trial, Phillip Roth's The Plot against America, & Exit Ghost The Year of Magical Thinking, The Trial of God by Elie Weisel, A Tale of Love and Darkness by Amos Oz, The Execution of the Hangman of Riga by Anton Kuenzle, Swann's Way, Marcell Proust, Fateless by Imre Kertesz, The Torah, Everyman by Phillip Roth, Crime and Punishment, Lolita, anything by Nabikov.

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