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You can't get at the truth by writing history; only the novelist can do that.

Gerald Brenan

1986

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Nature of truth Truth History Power of literature Novels

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Time

1986

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Gerald Brenan

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Brenan, Gerald. Times Literary Supplement. 28 Nov. 1986.

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