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The Riddle in the Middle of Nowhere: Anja Garbarek’s ‘Smiling and Waving’
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The Riddle in the Middle of Nowhere: Anja Garbarek’s ‘Smiling and Waving’

By
Imran Khan
/ 10 August 2017
Impossibly Norwegian in style and substance, Anja Garbarek's Smiling and Waving describes the most ordinary lives lost in the voids of the most extraordinary riddles.
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/ 3 February 2013
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/ 9 September 2012
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Deanne Sole
/ 5 August 2012
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