Alfred Kazin Quote

A classic is a book that survives the circumstances that made it possible yet alone keeps those circumstances alive.


R.eview in The New R.epublic [August 29, 1988]


A classic is a book that survives the circumstances that made it possible yet alone keeps those circumstances alive.

A classic is a book that survives the circumstances that made it possible yet alone keeps those circumstances alive.

A classic is a book that survives the circumstances that made it possible yet alone keeps those circumstances alive.

A classic is a book that survives the circumstances that made it possible yet alone keeps those circumstances alive.