Andre Aciman - Writing the past is never a neutral act. Writing always asks the past to justify itse...

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Writing the past is never a neutral act. Writing always asks the past to justify itself, to give its reasons... provided we can live with the reasons. What we want is a narrative, not a log; a tale, not a trial. This is why most people write memoirs using the conventions not of history, but of fiction.

Andre Aciman

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Das Schreiben der Vergangenheit ist niemals ein neutraler Akt. Das Schreiben fordert immer die Vergangenheit auf, sich zu rechtfertigen, ihre Gründe zu nennen ... vorausgesetzt, wir können mit den Gründen leben. Was wir wollen, ist eine Erzählung, kein Protokoll; eine Geschichte, keine Prüfung. Deshalb schreiben die meisten Leute Memoiren mit den Konventionen nicht der Geschichte, sondern der Fiktion.

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