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    Howard Norman

    The Museum Guard (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) Howard Norman has won awards for his extraordinary, quiet fiction, but he has rarely discussed its meanings...

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    By Michael Silverblatt • Dec 24, 1998 • 30m Listen

    The Museum Guard (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

    Howard Norman has won awards for his extraordinary, quiet fiction, but he has rarely discussed its meanings. Here we explore the vanishing point where history, life and art converge.

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      Howard Norman

      The Museum Guard (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) Howard Norman has won awards for his extraordinary, quiet fiction, but he has rarely discussed its meanings...

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      Howard Norman

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