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The Black Monk's Short Story, The Nose
The story “The Nose” is a magical realist story about a walking nose. Another magical realist story is called The black Monk about a black monk.. they share a couple similarities one being they are both from the same genre. The Nose is a story about man who one day woke up without his nose. The nose had a life of his own and has now developed a character. The man’s nose was found inside a bread one day and the guy who found it threw it on the floor. Everyone blamed everything on the guy who found the nose he had bad luck. Then the man woke up with his nose back on him again. The man got his removed becuase he would make fun of people’s appearance and now he looked weird but he didn't care. He was more worried about getting his promotion than

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