Russell Banks - But really, it was reading that led me to writing. And in particular, reading the Am...

Russell Banks Zitate

But really, it was reading that led me to writing. And in particular, reading the American classics like Twain who taught me at an early age that ordinary lives of ordinary people can be made into high art.

Russell Banks

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Aber wirklich, das Lesen führte mich zum Schreiben. Und insbesondere das Lesen der amerikanischen Klassiker wie Twain, die mir schon früh beigebracht haben, dass das normale Leben gewöhnlicher Menschen zu hoher Kunst werden kann.

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