In an oppressive society the truth-telling nature of literature is of a different order, and sometimes valued more highly than other elements in a work of art. (Julian Barnes)

In an oppressive society the truth-telling nature of literature is of a different order, and sometimes valued more highly than other elements in a work of art.

Julian Barnes

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