All novels . . . are concerned with the enigma of the self. As soon as you create an imaginary being, a character, you a — Milan Kundera, The Art of the Novel
All novels . . . are concerned with the enigma of the self. As soon as you create an imaginary being, a character, you a — Milan Kundera, The Art of the Novel
All novels . . . are concerned with the enigma of the self. As soon as you create an imaginary being, a character, you a — Milan Kundera, The Art of the Novel
All novels . . . are concerned with the enigma of the self. As soon as you create an imaginary being, a character, you a — Milan Kundera, The Art of the Novel
All novels . . . are concerned with the enigma of the self. As soon as you create an imaginary being, a character, you a — Milan Kundera, The Art of the Novel
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All novels . . . are concerned with the enigma of the self. As soon as you create an imaginary being, a character, you are automatically confronted by the question: what is the self? How can it be grasped?

— Milan Kundera, The Art of the Novel
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