A novel that does not uncover a hitherto unknown segment of existence is immoral. Knowledge is the novel's only morality. (Milan Kundera)

A novel that does not uncover a hitherto unknown segment of existence is immoral. Knowledge is the novel's only morality.

Milan Kundera

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