[t]hrough perceiving the world as a story to be told and endlessly reshaped, I would argue, the reader is actually encouraged to act upon the world (… - André Brink

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[t]hrough perceiving the world as a story to be told and endlessly reshaped, I would argue, the reader is actually encouraged to act upon the world (..) literature becomes more, not less, potent

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About André Brink

André Philippus Brink OIS (29 May 1935 – 6 February 2015) was a South African novelist, essayist and poet.

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Native Name: Andre Brink
Alternative Names: Andre Philippus Brink André Philippus Brink
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Even during the days and nights when she was dazed and only half awake the stories must have insinuated themselves into her torn and bruised body like draughts and ointments with healing powers beyond all explanation. (There is no pain and no badness,) she still hears the dry voice of old Taras in her ear, that a story cannot cure.

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