If you want to know a country, read its writers.
I was brought up in a household where you stood up to be counted. - Aminatta Forna
I was brought up in a household where you stood up to be counted.
- Aminatta Forna
All liars ... lie to protect themselves, to shield their egos from the raw pain of truth. - Aminatta Forna
All liars ... lie to protect themselves, to shield their egos from the raw pain of truth.
Jung Chang was the first person to tell a grand historical, political story through a personal narrative. - Aminatta Forna
Jung Chang was the first person to tell a grand historical, political story through a personal narrative.
War had the effect of encouraging people to try to stay alive. Poverty, too. Survival was simply too hard-won to be given up lightly. - Aminatta Forna
War had the effect of encouraging people to try to stay alive. Poverty, too. Survival was simply too hard-won to be given up lightly.
If you want to know a country, read its writers. - Aminatta Forna
What ultimately happened is that my country had a war. I think it would be extraordinary, as a writer, not to want to write about that. - Aminatta Forna
What ultimately happened is that my country had a war. I think it would be extraordinary, as a writer, not to want to write about that.
The Watch is a powerful tale, courageous both in concept and creation: an ancient tale made modern, passed through different narrators in extraordina… - Aminatta Forna
The Watch is a powerful tale, courageous both in concept and creation: an ancient tale made modern, passed through different narrators in extraordina…
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