‘At first I thought, this is crazy’: the real-life plan to use #novels to predict the next #war
Great writers have a “sensory talent”. #Literature, he reasons, has a tendency to channel #social trends, moods and especially conflicts that politicians prefer to remain undiscussed until they break out into the open. “Writers represent reality in such a way that their readers can instantly visualise a #world and recognise themselves inside it. They operate on a plane that is both objective and subjective, creating inventories of the emotional interiors of individual lives throughout #history.”
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