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History, I was learning, is the story we tell ourselves about what really happened. My task as a writer/novelist was to try to get as many versions o… - Julia Alvarez
" "History, I was learning, is the story we tell ourselves about what really happened. My task as a writer/novelist was to try to get as many versions of that reality and then imaginatively construct the story. The fact that there were so many versions of what really happened should not surprise us: After all, we experience history as individuals through our particular characters, personalities, points of view. This reality of how we live history ideally suits the form of a novel, which focuses on “the truth according to character.
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About Julia Alvarez
Julia Alvarez (born March 27, 1950) is a Dominican-American poet, novelist, and essayist.
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