“What is literature, and why do I try to write about it? I don’t know. Likewise, I don’t know why I go on living, most of the time. But this not knowing is precisely what I want to preserve. As readers, the closest way we can engage with a literary work is to protect its indeterminacy; to return ourselves and it to a place that precludes complete recognition. Really, when I’m reading, all I want is to stand amazed in front of an unknown object at odds with the world.” KnowsWorldWayWantWritingTryingReadingLiteratureKnowingFrontsObjectsGoes OnReturnReaderProtectRecognitionPreservesOddsClosestNot KnowingAmazedLiterary Works Author:M. John Harrison
“Stories pass the experienced world back and forth between them as a metaphor, until it is worn out. Only then do we realize that meaning is an act. We must repossess it, instant to instant in our lives.” WorldStoriesRealizingOur LivesMetaphorInstantWornBack And ForthWorn Out Author:M. John Harrison
