A bend in the River - V. S. Naipaul


Este é outro dos meus escritores preferidos. O senhor V. S. Naipaul ganhou o Nobel da literatura em 2001. Gostei em particular de dois livros: A curva do Rio e Sementes Mágicas. Deixo aqui uma das frases que tomei nota: "The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing. have no place in it." V.S. Naipul in: A bend in the River.

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