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For me, life without literature is inconceivable. i think that don quixote in a physical sense never existed, but don quixote exists more than anybody who existed in 1605. much more. there's nobody who can compete with don quixote or with hamlet. so in the end we have the reality of the book as the reality of the world and the reality of history.
-Carlos Fuentes
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For Me, Life Without Literature Is Inconceivable.

Carlos Fuentes
For me, life without literature is inconceivable. i think that don quixote in a physical sense never existed, but don quixote exists more than anybody who existed in 1605. much more. there's nobody who can compete with don quixote or with hamlet. so in the end we have the reality of the book as the reality of the world and the reality of history.
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