John McGahern
"…only then did I wake out of the book."
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"…only then did I wake out of the book."
"تلك اللحظة كانت يقظتي من الكتاب."
John McGahern
"When I start to write, words have become physical presence. It was to see if I could bring that private world to life that found its first expression through reading. I really dislike the romantic notion of the artist."
"عندما أشرع في الكتابة، تتحول الكلمات إلى كيان مادي محسوس. كان الأمر محاولةً لمعرفة ما إذا كان بوسعي أن أُحيي ذلك العالم الخاص الذي وجد تعبيره الأول عبر القراءة. وإني لأمقت حقاً المفهوم الرومانسي للفنان."
John McGahern
"When I was in my 20s it did occur to me that there was something perverted about an attitude that thought that killing somebody was a minor offence compared to kissing somebody."
"في عشرينياتي، تبادر إلى ذهني أن هناك شذوذًا في النظرة التي تعتبر قتل المرء خطيئة يسيرة مقارنة بتقبيله."
John McGahern
"…only then did I wake out of the book."
John McGahern
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