John McGahern Quote

The imagination demands that life be told slant because of its need of distance.


Creatures of the Earth: New and Selected Stories (ed. 2009)


The imagination demands that life be told slant because of its need of distance.

The imagination demands that life be told slant because of its need of distance.

The imagination demands that life be told slant because of its need of distance.

The imagination demands that life be told slant because of its need of distance.