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To remain pure, a novel has to cast a moral puzzle. Anything else is mere negotiation.

Anita Brookner

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Anita Brookner
Age: 87 †
Born: 1928
Born: July 16
Died: 2016
Died: March 10
Art Historian
Novelist
University Teacher
Writer
London
England
Novel
Puzzle
Moral
Negotiation
Else
Puzzles
Anything
Cast
Writing
Casts
Remain
Mere
Pure

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