Salman Rushdie Quote

I fell victim to the temptation of every autobiographer, to the illusion that since the past exists only in one's memories and the words which strive vainly to encapsulate them, it is possible to create past events simply by saying they occurred.


Midnight's Children (ed. Random House, 2010) - ISBN: 9780307744111


I fell victim to the temptation of every autobiographer, to the illusion that since the past exists only in one's memories and the words which strive ...

I fell victim to the temptation of every autobiographer, to the illusion that since the past exists only in one's memories and the words which strive ...

I fell victim to the temptation of every autobiographer, to the illusion that since the past exists only in one's memories and the words which strive ...

I fell victim to the temptation of every autobiographer, to the illusion that since the past exists only in one's memories and the words which strive ...