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That conversation with the taxi driver suddenly made clear to me the essence of the writer's occupation. We write books because our children aren't in...more

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The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything....The novelis...more

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A young woman forced to keep drunks supplied with beer and siblings with cleanunderwear—instead of being allowed to pursue something higher —stores up...more

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In Tereza’s eyes, books were the emblems of a secret brotherhood. For she had but a single weapon against the world of crudity surrounding her: the no...more