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100 Must-Reads

DW book expert David Levitz on 'Jakob The Liar' by Jurek Becker

What if fake news were not something negative, but could lift people's spirits and give them hope? Perhaps even save lives? That's precisely what happens in "Jakob The Liar" by Jurek Becker.

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