...that it is not the literal past, the 'facts' of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in language. — Brian Friel, Translations
...that it is not the literal past, the 'facts' of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in language. — Brian Friel, Translations
...that it is not the literal past, the 'facts' of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in language. — Brian Friel, Translations
...that it is not the literal past, the 'facts' of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in language. — Brian Friel, Translations
...that it is not the literal past, the 'facts' of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in language. — Brian Friel, Translations
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...that it is not the literal past, the 'facts' of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in language.

— Brian Friel, Translations
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