Howard Jacobson - If we doubt the power of literature and art to civilise, how come no one has ever ...

Howard Jacobson Zitate

If we doubt the power of literature and art to civilise, how come no one has ever been mugged by a person carrying a well-thumbed copy of 'Middlemarch' in his back pocket?

Howard Jacobson

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Wenn wir bezweifeln, dass Literatur und Kunst zivilisiert werden können, warum wurde noch nie jemand von einer Person überfallen, die in ihrer Hosentasche eine gut gelaunte Kopie von "Middlemarch" trug?

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