Television and newspapers show people's lives at a certain point. But novels tell you what happened after the riot, what happened when everybody went home. (Nadine Gordimer)

Television and newspapers show people's lives at a certain point. But novels tell you what happened after the riot, what happened when everybody went home.

Nadine Gordimer

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