The writer is always to some extent in exile, wherever he is, because he is somehow outside, separated from others; there is always a distance. (Ismail Kadaré)

The writer is always to some extent in exile, wherever he is, because he is somehow outside, separated from others; there is always a distance.

Ismail Kadaré

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