Review of The World of Apu (1959) by Pratim G — 12 Mar 2008

The culmination of the trilogy is quite beautiful and, yes, painful...

This review of The World of Apu (1959) was written by Pratim G on 12 Mar 2008.

The World of Apu has generally received very positive reviews.

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I typed, erased and re typed, couldn't come up with any string of worthy words...finally managed to serial watch the trilogy…

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The best one. Here have a wife-- --I don't wanna >:( She's 13. Hell yeah! 6 Moths l8r Hey I love her WORLD: TOO BLAD…

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