“Whether they want it or not, know it or not, when
they invent stories the writers of tales propagate dissatisfaction,
demonstrating that the world is badly made and the life of fantasy richer than
the life of our daily routine. This fact, if it takes root in their sensibility
and consciousness, makes citizens more difficult to manipulate, less willing to
accept the lies of the interrogators and jailers who would like to make them
believe that behind bars they lead more secure and better
lives.”—Peruvian-Spanish novelist Mario Vargas Llosa, 2010 Nobel laureate for
Literature, “In Praise of Reading and Fiction” lecture, delivered in Stockholm, December 7, 2010
(Photo of
Llosa taken April 10, 2005, by Manuel Gonzalez Olaechea y Franco)
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