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" "من در بوته زار تنها و بدون خاطره زندگی می کنم و بازگشت به جنگل برای مدت نه ماه، با تصویر دختری چون او در چشم ها، چیز بسیار بدی است. چندان می خراشد و می خراشد تا این حس را القا کند که زندگی را انتخاب نکرده ایم بلکه آن را از دست داده ایم.
Romain Gary, born Romain Kacew (8 May 1914 - 2 December 1980) was a Jewish-French novelist, film director, WWII pilot and diplomat. He wrote under many pseudonyms including Shatan Bogat, Rene Deville and Fosco Sinibaldi. He is the only author to have won the Prix Goncourt twice, once under his own name and again under the pseudonym Émile Ajar.
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