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A painter's hand has a thirst for thieving, it steals from heaven and makes a gift to the memories of men, it feigns eternity and it delights in this pretence almost as if it had created rules of its own, more durable and more profoundly true.

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Since the journey is a metaphor - the most ambiguous and seductive of metaphors, we tell ourselves - it can also be born of immobility. There is no need to drag our bodies around so much, all dressed up. It's hot, there are flies, diseases. It is enough to close our eyes, seated on a chair in the shade, to float on the waves of imagination. Isn't that what books are there for?

Dacia Maraini

Dacia Maraini

Dacia Maraini

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Born: November 13, 1936 (age 88)

Bio: Dacia Maraini is an Italian writer.

Known for:

Train to Budapest (2008)
Woman at War (1975)
The Silent Duchess (1990)
The Violin (1997)
L'amore rubato (2012)

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