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“For me, it's a way to find a fiction within a fiction. To find a way to uncover that blunder within the "lie," because when you look closer, every "lie" - and I say that with quotation marks - can be much more complicated. Because that is what fiction is: it's probably the least important thing in the world. It's rich, but it is put-on, it passes the time. It borrows from the world, but it does not invent it.”

Quote by Sergio Chejfec

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Sergio Chejfec, born in 1956, is an Argentine writer known for his profound philosophical reflections and unique narrative style. His works are widely regarded as significant representatives of contemporary Latin American literature. more

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