parables
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Kafka’s parables of angst and displacement are naturally diasporic.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Buffett’s lessons and parables remind me of the volatility in technology stocks this year.
From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025
As it draws to a close, Hwang’s lethal playground games are cautionary parables about tribalism driven by greed.
From Salon • Jun. 27, 2025
I was so green in the world that I hadn’t accepted there could be parables without a moral, questions without an answer.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025
He was known for anecdotes, and parables from Syria, quotations from the Qur’an, stories from his travels around the world.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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