"If you don't love life you can't enjoy an oyster"
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The Oysters of Locmariaquer, chapter 1 (1964)
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Eleanor Clark
Eleanor Clark (6 February 1913 — 16 February 1996) was an American writer. She was the wife of Robert Penn Warren. She won the National Book Award in 1965 for "The Oysters of Locmariaquer".
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