José Saramago Quote

Every novel is like this, desperation, a frustrated attempt to save something of the past. Except that it still has not been established whether it is the novel that prevents man from forgetting himself or the impossibility of forgetfulness that makes him write novels.

History Of The Siege Of Lisbon (ed. Random House, 2011) - ISBN: 9781448128532

Every novel is like this, desperation, a frustrated attempt to save something of the past. Except that it still has not been established whether it...

Every novel is like this, desperation, a frustrated attempt to save something of the past. Except that it still has not been established whether it...

Every novel is like this, desperation, a frustrated attempt to save something of the past. Except that it still has not been established whether it...

Every novel is like this, desperation, a frustrated attempt to save something of the past. Except that it still has not been established whether it...