“A name is precious; it carries inside it a language, a history, a set of traditions, a particular way of looking at the world. Losing it meant losing my ties to all those things too.” WorldWayNamesLanguageParticularLosingTraditionTiesCarrie Book:The Moor's Account Source: The Moor's Account
“Historical novels, in particular, allow us to relive the past without the neatness of history, and with all the complexity of the present.” PastNovelParticularHistoricalComplexityNeatnessHistorical Novels Author:Laila Lalami